The Australian football star is on trial charged with racially abusing a white police officer after a taxi driver took her and her partner to a police station after one of them smashed the car window.

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

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

Australian striker Samantha Kerr, 31, is on trial charged with causing racially aggravated harassment after a row with a taxi driver in southwest London in January 2023.

Chelsea forward Sam Kerr allegedly called a police officer “stupid and white” a London jury has heard. Kerr is one of the best women’s soccer players in the world.

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Sam Kerr said she felt she was treated differently by police officers based on “what they perceived to be the colour of my skin”, a court heard on Wednesday. The Chelsea striker is charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to PC Stephen Lovell by calling him “stupid and white” during an incident inside a police station on January 30,

A police officer told a London court on Tuesday that he was determined to pursue the prosecution of Chelsea and Australia football star Sam Kerr after she called him "stupid and white". At the police station Kerr,