Chelsea striker Sam Kerr denied that calling a police officer “white” was used as an insult as she was cross-examined in her trial on Thursday on a charge of racially aggravated harassment. Kerr, also the Australia captain,

Prosecutors in the trial of Chelse a striker Sam Kerr, who called a police officer “stupid and white”, have asked the jury if perceptions would be different had she said “stupid and black”.

Chelsea Women striker Sam Kerr is on trial charged with causing racially aggravated harassment after a row with a taxi driver in south-west London in January 2023. Warning: This article contains langu

Chelsea and Australia striker Sam Kerr told a court Thursday she did not use “whiteness as an insult” in a heated exchange with police during which she called one officer “stupid and white”. Kerr is on trial charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to policeman Stephen Lovell during an incident in London in the early hours of January 30,

Kingston Crown Court also heard character references from Chelsea team-mates and former head coach Emma Hayes. In his closing speech, prosecutor Bill Emlyn-Jones KC asked the jury: "What if PC Lovell had been a black male and what if she had called him stupid and black?

Chelsea striker Sam Kerr denied that calling a police officer "white" was used as an insult as she was cross-examined in her trial on Thursday on a charge of racially aggravated harassment.