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Footballer Adam Johnson jailed for 6 years

  • 24-03-2016 03:10PM
    #1
    rob316
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    Just sentenced, 6 years. He's an absolute moron but that seems very harsh. You'd get less for GBH.

    For those not familiar with the story
    Footballer Adam Johnson has been sentenced to six years for grooming and sexual activity with a girl aged 15.

    Sentencing the ex-Sunderland player, Judge Jonathan Rose told him he had abused a position of trust and caused his victim "severe psychological harm".

    The judge told Johnson, 28, he had engaged in sexual activity with her knowing she was under 16.

    Bradford Crown Court heard the sexual abuse happened in the footballer's Range Rover last January.

    Judge Rose told the footballer, who played 12 times for England, that the girl had "suffered threats and thousands of abusive remarks" on social media.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35891143


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
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    Six years (probably serve less than 4) for sexual activity with a kid is not harsh.


  • #3
    DareGod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭DareGod


    Candie wrote: »
    Six years (probably serve less than 4) for raping a kid is not harsh.

    He raped a child?


  • #4
    rob316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,664 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    Candie wrote: »
    Six years (probably serve less than 4) for raping a kid is not harsh.

    Raping? I suggest you have a read about the case.


  • #5
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,225 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    I don't think it's a harsh sentence but I also kinda doubt that the victim suffered 'severe psychological harm' from the incident

    She was abused online after the story became public, but that shouldn't really be blamed on the guy.

    That's just my opinion though


  • #6
    akelly02
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    Candie wrote: »
    Six years (probably serve less than 4) for raping a kid is not harsh.
    He didnt rape her, where does it say that?


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  • #7
    Beefy78
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    Scummy behaviour from Johnson but he hardly "raped a kid".


  • #8
    osarusan
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    OP, you have changed your tune a bit for some reason:
    rob316 wrote: »
    I hope the book is thrown at him, this wasn't a drunken mistake where he bedded some barely 16 year old who said she was 18 and looked it, he knew what he was doing, its disgusting. Abused a position of power as a professional footballer and seduced this young girl with his fame.
    .

    6 years is harsher than other sentences, but there was grooming in this case that is sometimes absent.


  • #9
    Penny Tration
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    He sexually groomed and penetrated a child. how is six years harsh?


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
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    akelly02 wrote: »
    He didnt rape her, where does it say that?


    You're right, he didn't rape her. He did engage in sexual activity with her after grooming her.

    She's under 16, which he knew.


  • #11
    Grayditch
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    Penny Tration wrote: »
    He sexually groomed and penetrated a child

    He did? I think he's a scumbag, but I'm not sure why people are changing the facts. I actually don't care how long he goes to jail for, though.


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  • #12
    Alf Stewart.
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    He knew what he was doin was wrong. He will still be a millionaire when he gets out.

    No sympathy from Alf.


  • #13
    mikeym
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    Foolish man.

    Hes flushed his career down the toilet.


  • #14
    [Deleted User]
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    I don't think it's a harsh sentence but I also kinda doubt that the victim suffered 'severe psychological harm' from the incident

    She was abused online after the story became public, but that shouldn't really be blamed on the guy.

    That's just my opinion though

    It can be blamed on the guy. If he hadn't groomed an underage kid and did things he shouldn't have done with her, it absolutely wouldn't have happened.

    If a doc says she's suffered severe harm, they'd know better than strangers on the internet.


  • #15
    saintsaltynuts
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    The man had everything.I mean everything.Then he goes and throws his life away by doing something like this.Complete and utter moron.


  • #16
    bladespin
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    Candie wrote: »
    You're right, he didn't rape her. He did engage in sexual activity with her after grooming her.

    She's under 16, which he knew.

    So you're saying he raped her.
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  • #17
    rob316
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    osarusan wrote: »
    OP, you have changed your tune a bit for some reason:

    Good spot Sir, Yes I do think the book should have been thrown at him but I still think 6 years is a bit much, maybe I'm contradicting myself though. Plus that was early in the case I made that post in the soccer forum.


  • #18
    ahnowbrowncow
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    Woman has sex with 11 year old and gets no jail time.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3295537/Attorney-General-review-sentence-babysitter-Jade-Hatt-21-sex-11-year-old-boy-spared-jail.html

    Johnson gets six years, didn't have sex with the 15 year old.

    Where's the consistency?


  • #19
    Alf Stewart.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,789 ✭✭✭Alf Stewart.


    saintsaltynuts wrote: »
    The man had everything.I mean everything.Then he goes and throws his life away by doing something like this.Complete and utter moron.

    Like I said, the mans already a millionaire. He will still have a lavish lifestyle when he gets out


  • #20
    The Moldy Gowl
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    Grayditch wrote: »
    He did? I think he's a scumbag, but I'm not sure why people are changing the facts. I actually don't care how long he goes to jail for, though.

    He shifted her in his car and allegedly fingered her and placed her hand on his silly boy and he contested the fingering and **** bit but admitted the shifting.

    Thats what they found him guilty of


  • #21
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,225 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    ahnowbrowncow wrote: »
    Woman has sex with 11 year old and gets no jail time.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3295537/Attorney-General-review-sentence-babysitter-Jade-Hatt-21-sex-11-year-old-boy-spared-jail.html

    Johnson gets six years, didn't have sex with the 15 year old.

    Where's the consistency?

    Never mind consistency... they're different continents


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  • #22
    [Deleted User]
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    ahnowbrowncow wrote: »
    Woman has sex with 11 year old and gets no jail time.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3295537/Attorney-General-review-sentence-babysitter-Jade-Hatt-21-sex-11-year-old-boy-spared-jail.html

    Johnson gets six years, didn't have sex with the 15 year old.

    Where's the consistency?

    It's wrong in every case. Her being let off jail time won't be made right by letting him off jail time.


  • #23
    rob316
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    Put it this way, that sicko Rolf Harris got 5 years and 9 months for more victims are far more serious sexual assaults on females between the age of 9 and 18.

    I would argue though he should of got far longer.


  • #24
    My name is URL
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    Candie wrote: »
    It can be blamed on the guy. If he hadn't groomed an underage kid and did things he shouldn't have done with her, it absolutely wouldn't have happened.

    If a doc says she's suffered severe harm, they'd know better than strangers on the internet.

    He's not responsible for the actions of others. That's a really dangerous precedent to be setting.

    He's responsible for his own actions, and 6 years in jail is a fair enough sentence for what he done. What others did in response shouldn't even come into it.


  • #25
    ahnowbrowncow
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    Never mind consistency... they're different continents

    Is Swindon not part of the continent of Europe?


  • #26
    armaghlad
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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-35595335

    This guy could potentially serve less time. 6 years is harsh.


  • #27
    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    Grayditch wrote: »
    He did? I think he's a scumbag, but I'm not sure why people are changing the facts. I actually don't care how long he goes to jail for, though.

    Er, I didn't change anything. He was found guilty of digitally penetrating her. which is why I said he groomed and penetrated her, rather than groom and have sex.


  • #28
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,225 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    ahnowbrowncow wrote: »
    Is Swindon not part of the continent of Europe?

    lol, my bad

    Seen 'attorney general' in the link and thought it was about a similar story in the US

    Swindon may as well be in a different continent though


  • #29
    Birneybau
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    Never mind consistency... they're different continents

    You what?

    Sunderland and Swindon?


  • #30
    whatismyname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,707 ✭✭✭whatismyname


    Let's be careful not to focus primarily on the sexual activity part, including what it entailed.

    He was also sentenced for grooming, and the act of child grooming in itself is very serious.


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  • #31
    RayM
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    I do wonder about the mindset of those whose first instinct upon hearing about a man being jailed for sex with a child is to search for cases where the gender roles are reversed. It's almost as though they find inconsistency more offensive than child abuse.


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