Sam Kerr told police she believed she was being kidnapped by taxi driver before brandishing her bank account to officers, court hears as trial into racially-aggravated slur begins in London
Sam Kerr told police she believed she was being kidnapped by taxi driver before brandishing her bank account to officers, court hears as trial into racially-aggravated slur begins in London
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Chelsea striker Samantha Kerr called police officers ‘stupid and white’ after she and her fiancée smashed a taxi window on a drunken night out, a court heard. The Australian superstar, 31, abused PC Stephen Lovell after the taxi driver drove her directly to Twickenham Police Station following the incident in the early hours of January 30, 2023. The driver had phoned police to say a woman in his car was trying to smash his back window, and was advised to drive to the police station, Bill Emlyn Jones KC, prosecuting, told jurors.
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PC Lovell and PC Samuel Limb were in a marked police car outside the station in Twickenham at about 2.20am and saw smashed glass around the taxi and noticed Kerr trying to climb out of the window of the vehicle, alongside her fiancée, US footballer Kristie Mewis. Kerr told police that the driver had refused to take them to her home address so she believed they were being kidnapped and broke the window to escape and raise the alarm, the prosecutor said.
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The driver claimed that he phoned police when one of the women had been sick in the car and refused to pay. When the officers tried to explain the situation to Kerr and Ms Mewis, the women kept interrupting with Kerr showing PC Lovell the contents of her bank account on a mobile app to indicate she could easily afford to pay for any damage. Matildas star Sam Kerr arrived at Kingston Crown Court on Monday ahead of her.
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The court heard that Kerr called police officers ‘stupid and white’ after she and her fiancée smashed a taxi window on a drunken night out. Kerr told police that the driver had refused to take them to her home address so she believed they were being kidnapped. Kingston Crown Court heard that Kerr then told PC Lovell: ‘You guys are f***ing stupid and white.’. The comments were overheard by PC Limb and PC Shane Scott, and were caught on bodyworn cameras, jurors were told.
PC Scott described the woman as being ‘inebriated, very agitated and emotional,’ the court heard. PC Lovell then arrested her on suspicion of criminal damage and racially aggravated public order. Mr Emlyn Jones told jurors: ‘It's not so much what she said but what she meant by the abuse. The Matildas striker denies racially aggravated abuse of a police officer, with the trial set to continue. 'What did she mean, what was her intent? ‘And secondly, how did it make PC Lovell feel at the time?’.
