Twisted fans are sending jailed footie paedo Adam Johnson their knickers
Disgraced footballer often receives ‘pornographic’ letters which are scented and smudged with lipstick but gets so many he hands them out to other lags
FEMALE fans have been sending their underwear to disgraced footballer Adam Johnson while he serves time in prison for child sex offences.
The 28-year-old sex pest, who was capped 12 times by England, has been receiving knickers from admiring women aged between 18 and 70.
The reports that the former Sunderland winger, who used to earn £60,000 per week, also gets hundreds of letters every week.
They are written by fans old and young who believe he is innocent of the crimes he was jailed for in March.
Some of the letters come with pictures of the sender and sometimes include addresses and phone numbers.
The notes are often “pornographic” and have included offers of marriage by “deeply misguided” women, according to sources.
Female fans have also turned up at the jail hoping to pay Johnson a visit but all of them have been turned away and told they will only be allowed inside with a “visiting order” arranged by the player himself.
Johnson was jailed for six years in March after being convicted of sexual activity with a 15-year-old female fan following a trial at Bradford Crown Court.
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The former £60,000 a week star now gets so many letters he hands out most of them to fellow inmates.
One source told the Daily Star Sunday: “Johnson receives more letters than any other prisoner. The letters are often scented.
“Some are smudged with lipstick and we have even received letters with knickers in them.”
They added: “Some are from young girls, who believe Johnson is innocent and has been wrongly convicted. For a lot of women he remains a pin-up who has been badly treated because he is a footballer. It’s all a bit sad really.”
Johnson was initially sent to Armley jail in Leeds but was later transferred to Moorland – a category C prison near Doncaster, South Yorks.
His ex-girlfriend Stacey Flounders, 26, dad David, 55, and sister Faye, 23, all live in the North East.
Moorland is one of the UK’s most modern facilities and boasts an all-weather football pitch, a games room and a gym.
Before the start of his trial earlier this year, former Sunderland and Manchester City player Johnson admitted grooming the girl and a separate charge of sexual activity with her.
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