Sam Kerr's lawyer accused PC Lovell of altering his statement to ensure a criminal charge, claiming the initial statement didn't mention the officer's distress. Kerr, who admitted to being intoxicated and angry, apologized for the incident, stating she wished she had simply walked away.
A court has heard the London police officer bringing charges against Sam Kerr only said the Aussie soccer star’s description of him as “f****** stupid and white” distressed him “purely to get a criminal charge over the line”. In his original statement, PC Lovell made no mention of her abuse having an impact on him. It was added in a second statement 11 months later after he requested a review of the Crown Prosecution Service’s decision not to take the case to trial.
Kerr’s lawyer accuses cop of changing his story to get charge over the line. A jury of eight women and four men in Kingston Crown Court in London heard police constable Stephen Lovell reject a claim by Kerr’s counsel, Grace Forbes. A remorseful Sam Kerr admitted she was drunk, angry and scared and should have “just walked away and gone home” and avoided a row with London police officers that ended with her arrest. “I wish I had just gone home.
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