{"id":201631,"date":"2016-03-25T07:03:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T07:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=201631"},"modified":"2016-03-25T07:03:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T07:03:03","slug":"how-social-media-and-whatsapp-messaging-helped-convict-adam-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/how-social-media-and-whatsapp-messaging-helped-convict-adam-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"How social media and Whatsapp messaging helped convict Adam Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"
The court heard evidence gathered from a range of services as part of the prosecution case.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of messages from social media, messaging and chat apps – respectively Facebook, Whatsapp and Snapchat – formed crucial parts of the evidence presented to the jury.<\/p>\n
They demonstrated how Johnson groomed his victim before the offences, and how he continued to do so afterwards.<\/p>\n
These are some of the key messages from the case – we have re-created them based on what was heard in court.<\/p>\n
On New Year’s Eve 2014, Johnson responded to a Facebook friend request from the victim, who had “one enormous crush on him” and who “idolised him”, according to the prosecution.<\/p>\n