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Chelsea footballer Sam Kerr called Met Police officer 'stupid and white', trial hears

Chelsea striker Samantha Kerr called a Met Police officer "stupid and white" during an incident at a police station in south-west London, as per footage from the officer's body camera.
Prosecution barrister Bill Emlyn Jones KC told the jury that Kerr's comments left PC Lovell "shocked, upset, and humiliated".
Grace Forbes, defending Kerr, said "simple words, even words like these, do not make you guilty of a criminal offence" and claimed the words were "a comment, however poorly expressed, about positions of power, about privilege, and how those things might colour perception".

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The Independent

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Police treated me differently because of ‘colour of my skin’ – Chelsea’s Kerr

The Australia international is on trial charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to Pc Stephen Lovell.

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Mirror

Sam Kerr claims she 'feared for her life' and explains 'stupid and white' remark

Sam Kerr is on trial, charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to PC Stephen Lovell, after she and her partner allegedly broke out of a taxi, where Kerr claimed she feared for her life

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Sun

Sam Kerr tells court 'I feared for my life' before calling cop 'stupid & white'

CHELSEA star Sam Kerr today told a court "I feared for life" in a drunken taxi row before she branded a cop "f***ing stupid and white".The 31-year-old

1 month ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

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Police officer felt 'belittled' after incident with Chelsea's Sam Kerr, court hears

A police officer says he felt “belittled and upset” following an incident involving Chelsea forward Samantha Kerr, a court has heard.

1 month ago·United States

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The Epoch Times

Sam Kerr Tells Court She Feared Being Kidnapped, Prosecutors Allege Racial Abuse

A night of celebration ended in Sam Kerr crawling out of the broken back window of a taxi, then being arrested for racially aggravated abuse of a London police officer, causing “harassment, alarm or distress,” a UK court has been told. Jurors watched footage of the Australian women’s football captain telling officers she and partner Kristie Mewis feared they were being kidnapped after the driver refused to let them out of his cab following a row…

1 month ago·New York, United States

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Canberra CityNews

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UK court told Kerr, partner feared kidnap by cab driver

Matildas captain Sam Kerr was met by a media scrum when she arrived at court in Kingston, London. (AP PHOTO) By Glenn Moore in London A night of celebration ended in Sam Kerr crawling out of the broken back window of a taxi, then being arrested for racially aggravated abuse of a London police officer, causing “harassment, alarm or distress,” a UK court has been told. Jurors watched footage of the Australian women’s football captain telling offic…

1 month ago·Canberra, Australia

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