Adam Johnson trial: Jury shown picture of footballer's groin

Accused: Adam Johnson arriving at court last week with partner Stacey Flounders
Sebastian Mann19 February 2016
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A jury has been shown a picture of footballer Adam Johnson’s penis.

Jury members - eight women and four men - were handed a series of images to examine during the trial of the former England star at Bradford Crown Court.

It came as the jury also heard Johnson admitted to police that he kissed a 15-year-old girl in his car, telling officers he was "stupid" and he "should have known better".

The player has pleaded guilty to one count of grooming the teenager and another of sexual activity with a child.

He denies two further counts of sexual activity with a child.

Prosecutor Kate Blackwell QC told the jury the pictures had been downloaded from Johnson's iPhone.

She said they were a "series of images of the defendant himself and one separate photograph of his groin area".

Miss Blackwell produced the images and asked forensic computer expert Dr Paul Hunton to confirm that they were images he had retrieved from the phone as part of his wider forensic investigation.

The prosecutor told the jury: "I don't intent to comment on them at this stage. I just ask the jury to look at them."

Additional reporting by PA

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