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,

Despite the Australian FA casting doubts over Sam Kerr's captaincy future in the national side, Chelsea are supporting the 31-year-old with her ongoing trial

Chelsea striker Sam Kerr repeatedly called a police officer ‘f****** stupid and white’ inside a police station after a night out, a court heard on Monday. Kerr, 31, was present in court on the first day of her trial for an offence of causing racially aggravated intentional harassment,

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,

Kingston Crown Court also heard character references from Chelsea team-mates and former head coach Emma Hayes. In his closing speech, prosecutor Bill Emlyn-Jones KC asked the jury: "What if PC Lovell had been a black male and what if she had called him stupid and black?

The Australia international is on trial charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to Pc Stephen Lovell.