article_snippet.sent: Adam Johnson has been charged with three offences of sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl and one of grooming.
article_snippet.sent: A statement from Durham Police said: ‘Adam Johnson, a professional footballer aged 27 from Castle Eden, County Durham has this afternoon been charged with three offences of sexual activity with a child under 16 years old, plus one offence of grooming.
article_snippet.sent: Following an investigation by Durham Police, I have today authorised police to charge Adam Johnson, aged 27, with four offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
article_snippet.sent: four offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 are alleged to have been committed on one girl aged 15 at the time,' Adam Johnson said. '
article_snippet.sent: We have reviewed the available evidence in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors and concluded that there is a realistic prospect of conviction and it is in the public interest to charge Adam Johnson with one offence of meeting a child following sexual grooming, contrary to Section 15 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and three offences of sexual activity with a child, contrary to Section 9 of the Sexual Offence Act 2003.
highlights_snippet.sent: Adam Johnson charged with three counts of sexual activity .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Adam Johnson also formally accused of grooming a 15-year-old girl .
  