Jury retires in Adam Johnson sex trial
A jury has been sent out to consider its verdicts in the trial of England footballer Adam Johnson.
Johnson, 28, has pleaded guilty to grooming a 15-year-old girl and one charge of sexual activity with the teenager.
But the former Sunderland winger denies two more serious counts of sexual activity with a child.
The charges relate to an incident in Johnson's Range Rover on January 30 last year after he met up with the girl in County Durham.
The player admits that he kissed the teenager but he has told the jury the encounter went no further.
The teenager said Johnson put his hands down her pants and she gave him oral sex.
Judge Jonathan Rose began summing up the evidence in the case on Monday and he concluded on Tuesday, reminding the jury of eight women and four men about what the player said under cross-examination in the witness box and, also, what his ex-girlfriend Stacey Flounders told the court.
The footballer sat in the dock listening to the judge flanked by a security guard.
He was wearing a dark suit over a white shirt and a black tie.
Miss Flounders watched from the public gallery with members of Johnson's family.
Judge Rose's final comment to the jury was: "When you retire, you must reach verdicts on which you are all agreed.
"I can only accept unanimous verdicts in this case. 12-0 is the only possible score."
