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| Ex-England footballer Adam Johnson has lost a Court of Appeal challenge against his conviction for sexual activity with a schoolgirl. | Ex-England footballer Adam Johnson has lost a Court of Appeal challenge against his conviction for sexual activity with a schoolgirl. |
| The 29-year-old was jailed for six years last March for sexually touching and grooming the 15-year-old fan. | The 29-year-old was jailed for six years last March for sexually touching and grooming the 15-year-old fan. |
| The former Sunderland player was refused leave to appeal his conviction and sentence in July and launched a second bid. | |
| Three judges rejected the latest appeal and a bid to reduce his sentence. | |
| Johnson admitted grooming the girl and one charge of sexual activity before his trial at Bradford Crown Court. | |
| Jurors found him guilty of sexual touching, but not guilty on a charge relating to another sexual act. | |
| The court heard the sexual activity with the girl happened in the footballer's Range Rover in January 2015 after he had groomed her using social media apps. | |
| Sentencing Johnson, the judge told the footballer - who had played 12 times for England - he had "every opportunity" to enter guilty pleas to the charges he finally admitted. | |
| He said there had been had "an abuse of trust" and he had caused his victim "severe psychological harm". |