Paedo Johnson shunned by his team
JAILED paedophile Adam Johnson has had no visits from any teammates at his old Premier League club.
Not one Sunderland player has visited the former England star since he got six years for child sex crimes a year ago next week.
The revelation comes days after three judges booted out Johnson’s attempt to appeal against his conviction and sentence. A source said: “None of the lads have visited him as they are scared about being linked to him.
“They might have said they were his friends before it blew up, but they soon melted away once the police were involved.”
In contrast, WAGS of the struggling team – including the wives of John O’shea and Fabio Borini – rallied around his heartbroken partner Stacey Flounders, mum of his toddler daughter, after he was charged.
Johnson, 29, was refused leave to appeal his conviction for sexual activity with a child and the severity of his sentence at the UK’S High Court on Thursday.
He claimed trial judge Jonathan Rose misdirected the jury in his summing up. The winger had admitted abusing a 15-year-old Sunderland fan in his Range Rover in a secluded spot in County Durham.
He is being held at Category C Moorland prison near Doncaster which mainly houses sex offenders.
Sunderland chief Margaret Byrne quit last March over a “serious error of judgment” in allowing Johnson to carry on playing despite knowing he had privately admitted the abuse. Perverted winger Johnson