Chelsea Football Sam Kerr said that the police were treated differently “after the color of my skin” after the incident in which she claims that she and her partner “Taxi driver was seized by the taxi driver.
Australia International is at the indictee trial for causing the exacerbated harassment on PC Stephen Lovell during the incident in the southwest London in the early hours of 30. January 2023. Years.
Kerr, 31, and her partner, West West Ham Midfielder Kristie, were drunk at the Twickenham police station by the taxi drives that they refused to pay for cleaning after one of them were ill, and that One of them broke the rear window of the vehicle.
In the police station, Kerr states that he became “abusing and offensive” according to PC Lovell, calling him “stupid and white.”
The jury at Kingston Crown Court heard on Wednesday that Kerr told the police “This is a racial F ******. When asked about these comments, Kerr said, “I believed that they behave differently for what they perceived that they were the color of my skin – especially PC Lovell's behavior.
“The way he accused me of lying, and later arrested me for criminal harm, although Kristie said it was just her (who broke the cab window).
“At that time, I thought they were trying to put me on me.”
When asked about her comments on PC Lovell, Kerr replied, “I had a couple of drinks, mixed with tired letters, in a frightened and ill-disposed condition and (to be) scared for his life 15 or 20 minutes before.”
She said she complained about the way she was expressed alone, but added, “I feel that the message is still relevant.”
Kerr told the Court to believe that the taxi driver “retired” and Mrs. Mewis and holding them with “hostage”. In the police station, Kerr headed to Sarah Everard, who killed the Metropolitan Police Wayne Couzens 2023. years, speaking officers about “girl in Clapham” who “raped and killed.”
PC Lovell states that he said, “Do you think you would be a taxi driver, who will rape you and kill you, would take you to the police station?” Kerr replied to: “You're sick.”
When asked why she said, she said in court, “I thought it seemed to seem to what happened to us. I thought it was an antagonized comment.”
To the question of the further comment “You literally you are a privileged person,” she replied, “It was clear to me that he had no idea about the power and the privilege he had at that moment or life … never had to think about what you would could have happened as female. “
Shots from PC Lovell's caroman camera was previously reproduced by the jurors, in which KERR also speaks PC Samuel Limb that they and Mrs. Mewis “very scared” and “trying to escape” cabins when they damaged the vehicle.
Giving evidence earlier on Wednesday, Kerr told the jury to kick his head out of the window when she started feeling sick before the driver “tipped” and began “dangerously”.
She said, “He accelerated and started spinning and coming out of the strips … We were thrown. I couldn't hear what he was saying. He accelerated and stopped.
“None of us had straps, so we got up and tried to talk to him … it felt like it was going wherever I thought … I was terrified.”
Kerr said the dangerous ride continued 15 to 20 minutes, adding, “I was terrified for my life. It all passed through my mind about being in a stranger I was dangerous. It was not dangerous. It was not to be Dangerous. It wasn't that it was dangerous. It wasn't to be dangerous. It wasn't that it was dangerous. It wasn't with you. He was his way or nothing.
“Kristie asked him to stop his car, but there was no change in his ride. We had no idea where we were. Christie was very crossed. I never saw her so before and I've never seen it before and I've ever seen her and it's seen and I did it scared.
“I started realizing how serious the situation was. He put me in the protective mod … He had power over us.
“We weren't in control … I felt him to be dangerous for driving, but also because he could take us anywhere. He couldn't be accompanied so no one knows where we were.”
Kerr said the couple tried to open the door and windows several times, but the others were locked.
In the end, Ms. Mewis “kicked out (a window) with his boots” which resulted in Kerr felt “ease”, but added, “We didn't go out as soon as the car is still moving.”
Prosecutors asked if she still believes that she and her partner are “kidnapped,” Kerr.
In the empty question, she asked if she knew that the police advised a taxi driver to take a couple to the police station, which she replied: “I now.”
Kerr said the jury that she never used black taxis and preferred Uber because she considered more secure, and vehicles could follow.
He was born in Perth, also referred to the Australian Claremont serial killer: “I lived in a state in which 30 years existed a serial killer who was a taxi.”
Kerr asked about her upbringing in Australia and experience with racism there and in the UK.
Identifying like a white Anglo-Indian, Chelsea forward said she saw her father and brother – who are Indian origin – treated differently because of their skin color.
Kerr also said she experienced the first hand in the school in the social media, and even in shopping malls, saying a jury: “Sometimes I'll follow him a security guard.”
The trial continues.