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Former Sunderland player Connor Wickham contacted police over social media activity involving a schoolgirl at the centre of the Adam Johnson trial, a court heard.

Johnson denies two counts of sexual activity with the girl at Bradford Crown Court and sat in the dock for a third day of evidence today.

The jury was told Wickham - a former teammate of Johnson who now plays for Crystal Palace - became aware of social media posts the girl had made about him following Johnson's arrest.

Posts included claims the schoolgirl's friend had a crush on Wickham and the alleged victim was also said to have 'liked' some content on the footballer's social media accounts.

Wickham handed screenshots over to police when he became aware of them in the aftermath of Johnson's arrest.

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When questioned at Bradford Crown Court today, the girl said she did not remember the social media activity.

There is no suggestion of contact between the girl and Wickham.

The court previously heard Adam Johnson managed to unfasten her jeans and perform a sex act on her despite having one hand in plaster.

The 28-year-old footballer denies two counts of sexual activity but admitted one count of grooming and one less serious sexual activity charge - namely, kissing the girl - on the first day of trial last week.

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The alleged victim, who was 15 at the time she met the former Sunderland star, denied claims from the defence she was lying about their meeting in Johnson's Range Rover on January 30 last year.

Defending, Orlando Pownall QC said: “He didn’t undo the button and undo your zip.”

The girl replied: “Yes he did I’m not lying about it the only person who has lied through this is him.”

Mr Pownall QC said: “His hand was in a cast.”

The girl responded: “It didn’t take two hands.”

Defending Johnson, Mr Pownall QC asked if she now had “absolute hatred” for Johnson.

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She replied: "Yes I do after all he has put me through.

“He made me out to be a liar and told everyone he was innocent. He let people cheer him on for matches and call me all the names under the sun.

“He knows for a fact that he did that to me. He lied about the others (the grooming a less serious sexual activity charges) for a year and now he has admitted it.”

The girl told her school friends about the sexual encounter the day after it allegedly happened in Johnson’s Range Rover on January 30, the court heard.

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Mr Pownall QC said: “The fact of the matter is you were bigging it up at the party.”

When giving evidence the pair’s first meeting on January 17, the teen said she didn’t know how Johnson would react to her calling the meeting to an end.

“To me he was still a stranger. I wasn’t aware of what type of person he was. Obviously for someone to be texting a 15-year-old girl they’re not a completely normal person,” she said.

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The girl has already told the jury that she felt 'compelled' to engage in a sex act with him after he groomed her with a series of messages to come and meet him.

The ex-Sunderland footballer, who denies two counts of sexual activity with a child, arrived at Bradford Crown Court with his girlfriend Stacey Flounders today.

The prosecution accused Johnson of abusing 'his revered position in society' when he had sexual contact with the teenager "in a way that he knew was both morally and legally wrong".

The alleged victim admitted that she had an 'enormous crush on him' and idolised him.

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Johnson was contacted by the girl via Facebook on December 30, 2014, and the two began exchanging messages before they finally met so he could sign shirts for her in his Range Rover in Co Durham.

Prosecutor Kate Blackwell QC said after this first meeting the two joked in their messages about whether Johnson deserved a "thank you kiss and more" and they met again.

She then described how the two engaged in sexual activity in the player's black Range Rover during second meeting on January 30.

The dad-of-one, 28, dressed in a dark blue suit, white shirt and dark tie, stared straight ahead in the dock as the girl gave her evidence via video link to the jury.

The ex-Sunderland star, of Castle Eden, Co. Durham, has admitted one count of sexual activity with a child and another of meeting a child following grooming.

The trial continues.