Girl ‘excited’ after Adam Johnson meeting

A teenage girl has told a jury how her best friend was “excited” after she had a sexual encounter with England footballer Adam Johnson in his car.

Johnson’s trial was shown a video-recorded police interview in which the teenager described how she was with her friend before she went to meet the 28-year-old former Sunderland winger in his Range Rover in January last year.

Johnson has admitted grooming the girl’s friend and has pleaded guilty to sexual activity with the same girl, who was 15 at the time, relating to kissing in his car.