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22nd February 2016
04:05pm GMT

When he was later asked why he had told the girl not to tell anyone that she was messaging him, Johnson said: "Loads of reasons. I had a girlfriend, I knew what could be made of speaking to a girl that age, I didn't want her to tell her friends and them to come and ask me for shirts as well."
The court has also heard that Johnson made a prepared statement to police, accepting the "unacceptable" nature of his actions.
Junior prosecutor in the case, Daniel Thomas, said Johnson had admitted he kissed the girl "fully on the lips" during the meeting in his Range Rover, but denied more serious allegations.
Describing the "platonic" nature of their meetings, Johnson claimed she regularly approached him to request signed shirts.
He added that Johnson described his actions as "wholly unacceptable" and explained the footballer had withdrawn from any further contact with the girl due to her age and his own circumstances.
'She's a child and ought to have been safe in my company,' Johnson said in the statement.
Johnson also said he was ashamed of some of the messages which had been exchanged between himself and the girl, and the BBC reports that he said boredom was to blame for their "flirty" nature.
Johnson said he was attracted to the girl and that he had told her to delete their messages "to be safe".
The trial continues.