Chelsea forward Sam Kerr said she feared for her life when “trapped” in a taxi before she was alleged to have caused racially aggravated harassment to a police officer, a court has heard.

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,

Sam Kerr is on trial, charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to PC Stephen Lovell, after she and her partner allegedly broke out of a taxi, where Kerr claimed she feared for her life