Disgraced footballer Adam Johnson slashes price of five-bed mansion by £150,000

FOOTIE paedo Adam Johnson has slashed the cost of his mansion by £150,000.

The shamed ex-England ace put his five-bed pad up for sale for £1.85m in July after all traces of him were removed.

His photos and football shirts were taken down from the walls of the lavish property — along with his Three Lions caps

But Johnson, 29, who was caged for six years in March for having sex with a 15-year-old fan, struggled to find a buyer.

Now the former Sunderland and Manchester City winger has dropped the asking price to £1.7million.

If sold at that price he would still rake in a £125,000 profit on the plush-pad in County Durham.

Castle Eden mansion sits in 2.2 acres of land and boasts a gym, putting green and personalised cinema room with security fencing and gates.

The former £60,000-a-week winger bought the five-bed home in 2012 and lived there with his girlfriend Stacey Flounders, who was pregnant with their child when he committed sex acts with a schoolgirl.

Stacey, 26, remained faithful to Johnson throughout his trial but reportedly moved out of the home with their one-year-old daughter Ayla weeks after he was found guilty.

Fallen star Johnson  put his mansion up for sale when he heard he could not appeal against his sentence in July.

His sister Faye tweeted: "Absolutely devastated. But I can assure every supporter I will never give up."

A Facebook appeal page she set up for Johnson was taken down after perverts posted messages supporting under-age sex.

Johnson was jailed in March for sexual activity with a 15-year-old fan.

He met her when she was 14 and waited after matches to get his autograph.

They began swapping Facebook messages and he flirted with her even though he knew her age. He groomed her before meeting her twice in his Range Rover in January last year.

The second time they met they engaged in sexual activity just three weeks after his girlfriend Stacey Flounders, 26, gave birth to their daughter Ayla.

He admitted grooming the girl and kissing her but denied more serious sexual activity.

He was found guilty by a jury at Bradford crown court.

Stacey dumped him during the trial, but has since visited him regularly in prison triggering speculated that they are back together.

His solicitor Paul Morris said: "He is obviously disappointed. Having carefully considered all of the information, we will be lodging renewed applications on conviction and sentence in the coming days."

A spokesman for the Court of Appeal said: "The applications for permission to appeal against senence and conviction were refused.

"He has 14 days to make a renewed application to appeal."

Last month it emerged Johnson was raking in £5,000 a week- from his prison cell.

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