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Prosecutors in the trial of Matildas star 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”. The Australia international is on trial charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to policeman Stephen Lovell during an incident in south-west London in the early hours of January 30, 2023.
“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? Of course you would, it wouldn’t even be contestable.” During the trial, the court heard character references from Chelsea teammates and former head coach Emma Hayes. Carly Telford, a goalkeeper who played for Chelsea from 2017 to 2022, described Kerr as a “close friend” and an “introverted extrovert”.
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