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02nd Mar 2016

Middlesbrough fans unhappy with the BBC’s Adam Johnson tweet

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On Wednesday, former Sunderland Adam Johnson was found guilty on one charge of sexual activity with a child, and found not guilty on a further charge.

In the aftermath of the jury reaching their decision, BBC Sport published a story charting Johnson’s ‘fall from grace’.

The report was tweeted from their official Twitter account, accompanied by a picture of Johnson in a Middlesbrough shirt.

Johnson played for Middlesbrough before joining Manchester City – the team he represented before joining Sunderland.

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However, although clearly no offence was intended by it, the decision to include this particular picture didn’t sit well with some of the people that replied.