Australian footballer Sam Kerr is on trial charged with racially aggravated harassment after allegedly calling a Metropolitan Police officer 'stupid and white' during a dispute at a police station in London. The incident occurred in January 2023 following a taxi ride where Kerr and her partner, fellow footballer Kristie Mewis, were accused of causing damage and refusing to pay cleaning costs.
This is the moment Chelsea striker Sam Kerr called a Metropolitan Police officer 'stupid and white' during a dispute at a police station.
Ms Kerr is alleged to have become 'abusive and insulting' towards PC Stephen Lovell when at the station. The prosecutor added: 'Ms Kerr denied that she intended to cause PC Lovell harassment, alarm or distress.'She described the entire situation as distressing and"a heated moment".Sam Kerr, Chelsea women's team, leaving Kingston Crown at the end of the first day of trialPictured: The striker arriving at court today to stand trial after allegedly racially abusing a police officer
'Keep an open mind, all the way through. Don't form a fixed view until you have heard all the evidence.' PC Lovell and a fellow officer were in a marked police vehicle driving towards the station and arrived at about 2.20am - roughly the same time as the taxi. The prosecution continued: 'Inside the police station, Ms Kerr explained that the taxi driver had collected them but then refused to take them to Ms Kerr's address.
'Look at what happened last year when a girl accepted a police officer's help in Clapham and got raped and killed.'We had been driving round in his car for 20 minutes, we rang 911, we were very scared, we spoke to someone, we were trying to speak to someone. Mr Emlyn Jones continued: 'PC Lovell tried a number of times to explain to Ms Kerr and Ms Mewis what the taxi driver had said but they would not let him speak and kept interrupting him every time he tried.
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