Prosecutors in the trial of Chelsea and Australia 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".

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

The partner of Chelsea striker Sam Kerr accused police of “gaslighting” after a “very scary” incident in which the pair claim they were taken “hostage” by a taxi driver.

Chelsea forward and Australia captain Sam Kerr went on trial in a London court on Monday, accused of racially abusing a white police officer

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,

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,

She was insulting him and, at the time, she was hostile to him by reference to his race. "So the fact you will be able to think of much worse examples of racial aggravation is irrelevant. "Would we consider this a racially aggravated insult if she had said 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.