article: The 29-year-old was jailed for six years last March for sexually touching and grooming the 15-year-old fan. He was refused leave to appeal his conviction and sentence in July, but launched a second bid late last year. A panel of three appeal judges turned down the former Sunderland player's latest bid. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts.
summary: Ex-England footballer Adam Johnson has lost a Court of Appeal challenge against his conviction for sexual activity with a schoolgirl.