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Sammy Gecsoyler

Sam Kerr jury asked to consider difference if she had called a police officer ‘stupid and black’

Chelsea and Australia striker Sam Kerr and her partner Kristie Mewis
Sam Kerr is on trial at Kingston crown court accused of racially aggravated harassment. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

Prosecutors in the trial of Australian star Sam Kerr, who called a police officer “stupid and white”, have asked the jury to consider if it would be different had she said “stupid and black”.

The 31-year-old Matildas striker is on trial charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to PC Stephen Lovell during an incident in south-west London in the early hours of 30 January 2023. Kerr denies the charges.

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