"He's served his time"

Tikay10

Adam Johnson is - or was - a footballer with Sunderland who was jailed back in 2015 for sex offences with a 15 year old girl.

Here's the story;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-47792802


Since his release, the red-tops have been featuring lurid front-page headlines about Mr Johnson almost daily.

"Paedo seen in public wearing £100,000 watch" sorta thing.

Tikay10

Is, or should there, be a time when someone has served their time for a truly dreadful crime is left along to get on with their life, or are the Media & the public entitled to hound them for the rest of their life?

stokefc

he,s done his time he,s even apologised lets hope he,s learned from his mistake but i wouldn,t want him anywhere near my teenage daughter

Tikay10

stokefc said:

he,s done his time he,s even apologised lets hope he,s learned from his mistake but i wouldn,t want him anywhere near my teenage daughter

Think that sums up my view, too.

I would not go round hassling him, or reminding him of his crime, the bill has been paid, but no, I'd not want him near a young daughter of mine.

Tikay10

Should he be able to play professional football in the UK?

There's nothing in the law to stop him, but public opinion would not allow it, I suspect.

TheEdge949

Tikay10 said:

Is, or should there, be a time when someone has served their time for a truly dreadful crime is left along to get on with their life, or are the Media & the public entitled to hound them for the rest of their life?

Too many people in glass houses chucking half enders about. There are plenty of people who whilst vilifying Johnson are hoping their own skeletons dont come rattling out of closets.

Let he who is without sin etc

Don't like the man, abhor his crime, but he has served his sentence and is going to be monitored very closely.

Move on

Snuffer

Tikay10 said:

Should he be able to play professional football in the UK?

There's nothing in the law to stop him, but public opinion would not allow it, I suspect.

With a high profile case like this one and I assume he’s on the sex offenders register it would be a PR disaster for any club to employ him.

hhyftrftdr

Probably more hassle than it's worth for a club to go near him. He's also the wrong side of 30 now. If he were 4/5 years younger it might be a different story.

Ched Evans found a way back into the game (with great difficulty) before his conviction was quashed, so maybe a lower league club might feel the reward to get him on board is worth the attention it would bring? I'd assume he can't carry on his career abroad, which would probably have been the best option for him.

Whilst his sentence did feel slightly excessive, it's hard to feel sorry or any sympathy for him. He had it all, a lifestyle many can only dream about, and threw it away. By all accounts he is really thick, shocking for a footballer I know.

stokefc

he,s just done time for a serious crime comes outta jail then he,s showing off the bling ,egotisticle if you ask me, humility goes a long way

Tikay10

stokefc said:

he,s just done time for a serious crime comes outta jail then he,s showing off the bling ,egotisticle if you ask me, humility goes a long way

Doubt it was an ego thing (the watch), probably never even crossed his mind. As already stated, he's not the sharpest knife in the draw, far from it.

Essexphil

stokefc said:

he,s just done time for a serious crime comes outta jail then he,s showing off the bling ,egotisticle if you ask me, humility goes a long way

Hopefully, those have been removed

hhyftrftdr

He was moved on by Mancini from City cos he simply couldn't curb his partying ways. The lure of the Manchester nightlife in his early 20s was too tempting.
Fast forward a few years and a star-struck teenager in his car was also too tempting.

The guy is an idiot. Talented footballer but he has tumbleweed for a brain.