ENGLAND – The girl groomed by Adam Johnson told a school friend that the former England footballer “offered to meet her for money” and gave her £50 for a trip to London, a court has heard.

The friend also told jurors that the then Sunderland midfielder asked the alleged victim “for a naked picture” on the messaging app Snapchat. Giving evidence via videolink at Bradford crown court on Wednesday, the witness said: “She [the complainant] said that they talked on Snapchat and he’d asked her to send a naked picture and that’s all I can remember about it.” She added: “She told me that she’d been texting him before she went away and he offered to meet her for money.” The girl, who cannot be named, is the first of the alleged victim’s friends to give evidence against Johnson.(theguardian)…[+]