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03rd Mar 2016

The Sun’s bizarre front page on Adam Johnson has many people unhappy

JOE

What does this even mean?

The Sun have published a very controversial front page featuring Adam Johnson, the former Sunderland player yesterday convicted of sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl.

With a headline of ‘Paedo In His Speedos,’ the tabloid have published what is reportedly a nine-year-old photo of Johnson doing a fitness test in his underwear.

Given the gravity of the charges against him, many people feel that the headline and image attempt to find needless (and distasteful) comedy in a story about a child being groomed.