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, alarm or distress.
The incident happened at Twickenham police station, south-west London, in the early hours of January 30, 2023.
Bill Emlyn Jones KC, for the prosecution, told the court how Australia international Kerr and her partner, West Ham United and U.S. Women’s National Team player Kristie Mewis, had been on a night out.
At the end of the evening, they hailed a black cab and headed home.
However, the taxi driver ended up calling the police to complain about their behaviour, saying they were trying to smash the rear window. He claimed they refused to pay the costs of cleaning and repairing his taxi.
Instead of taking them home, he drove to Twickenham police station to seek the help of police officers.
There they were met at around 2:20am by PC Samuel Limb and PC Stephen Lovell, who saw Kerr climbing out of the broken rear window of the taxi.
The court was told how PC Lovell saw the rear window was smashed and the piece of plastic that separates the driver from the passengers had also been…
