Sam Kerr trial: officer did not mention impact of ‘stupid and white’ comments in first statement, court hears
Defence claims PC Stephen Lovell only submitted second statement after the CPS declined to charge Matildas star
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The Metropolitan police officer at the centre of Sam Kerr’s criminal trial did not mention being upset by being called “stupid and white” by the footballer in his first statement about the incident, a court has heard, and only included it in a further statement 11 months later.
On Monday, Kingston crown court heard that Kerr, 31, the captain of the Australian women’s football team and Chelsea’s star striker, called PC Stephen Lovell “fucking stupid and white” at Twickenham police station after he doubted her claim of being “held hostage” by a taxi driver after a night out with her partner Kristie Mewis in January 2023.
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