AFL champion Daniel Kerr misses court appearance after he is hospitalised over asthma attack

Ex-AFL champion Daniel Kerr, charged with aggravated stalking, failed to appear in a WA court after an asthma attack but pleas of not guilty were entered for him.

Former West Coast Eagles star Daniel Kerr has pleaded not guilty.

AFL premiership player Daniel Kerr has failed to show up to court on charges of aggravated stalking and breaching a violence restraining order because he was hospitalised after an asthma attack.

But Kerr’s lawyer Rhett Williamson was able to enter not guilty pleas on his behalf in Fremantle Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

Mr Williamson said Kerr suffered the asthma attack on Monday night and was taken by ambulance to Fiona Stanley Hospital. He was discharged later on Tuesday.

The lawyer previously said the messages Kerr, 37, sent to his ex-partner were not abusive and Kerr would challenge aspects of the case.

A trial date has been set for March.

Daniel Kerr was part of the Eagles’ premiership winning team in 2006 and was runner-up for the Brownlow Medal twice. Picture: Instagram/Supplied

Kerr previously told reporters outside court that he loved his ex-partner.

“I wasn’t abusing her or anything like that,” he said.

Kerr is also facing a series of other charges including four counts of aggravated common assault, two counts of criminal damage, and three counts of with intent to harm did an act likely to endanger life.

He has not yet pleaded to those offences and is due back in court on October 15.

Daniel Kerr with his sister, soccer star Sam Kerr. Picture: Instagram/Supplied

The midfielder played 220 games for West Coast Eagles and was runner-up for the Brownlow Medal twice.

He was part of the Eagles’ premiership winning team in 2006 and retired in 2013.

Kerr is the older brother of Matildas soccer star Sam Kerr.