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| Adam Johnson guilty of final count of sexual activity with a child | Adam Johnson guilty of final count of sexual activity with a child |
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| Adam Johnson has been found guilty on a final count of sexual activity with a child. | Adam Johnson has been found guilty on a final count of sexual activity with a child. |
| The jury at Bradford Crown Court returned with a majority guilty verdict of 10-2 on the count of digital penetration. | |
| The jury earlier cleared Johnson of having oral sex with the 15-year-old claimant. | |
| Johnson had previously admitted grooming the girl and one count of sexual activity with a child on the first day of his trial. | |
| He denied two further charges of sexual activity with a child that became the subject of the jury's deliberations. | |
| The charges arose from a meeting between Johnson and the girl in his Range Rover in County Durham in January last year. | |
| Johnson admitted kissing the girl, but told the jury the encounter "went no further". | |
| But she told the court he "put his hands down her pants" and she performed oral sex on him - he has now been found guilty on the first charge but cleared of the second. | |
| The Judge said Johnson faces up to 10 years in prison, with a starting point of five years. | |
| He said: "The defendant must understand there is a very high probability of a significant custodial sentence." | |
| Johnson has been bailed and will be sentenced at a later date. He will be under curfew from 7pm until 7am. |