‘Stupid and white’: Court hears Sam Kerr’s expletive filled abuse of London cop

Interim Matildas football coach Tom Sermanni says the outcome of Sam Kerr’s trial in the UK could determine if the national captain plays for her country again | WATCH POLICE VIDEO

Australian footballer Sam Kerr arrives outside the Kingston Crown Court ahead of her trial for racial harassment. Picture: Getty Images.

Interim Matildas football coach Tom Sermanni says the outcome of Sam Kerr’s trial in the UK could determine if the national captain plays for her country again.

Kerr called British police officers “f..king stupid and white”, and threatened to upload footage of them on Twitter during an incident at Twickenham police station in southwest London, in the early hours of January 30, 2023.

Kerr also refused to pay for damage to a London cab – despite smashing the rear window, kicking in a safety divider and vomiting inside the vehicle – because she believed she was being kidnapped, a London court heard on Monday.

When asked if Kerr would ever play for the Matildas again, Sermanni, who gave Kerr her debut as a teen, said the case had the potential to have a big impact on the striker’s career.

“It’s difficult for me to answer that, to be honest,” Sermanni said. “Obviously with the court case that’s going on at the moment it would be a bit unwise of me to comment on the outcome or whatever the outcome of that might be.

“I think it is a case of waiting to see what happens and then we move on from there.”

Kerr, 31, is charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to one officer, police constable Stephen Lovell, during the incident.

In footage played to the jury, taken from the body cam of PC Lovell and another officer at Twickenham station, a heavily inebriated Kerr can be heard claiming to have tried to call police when in the cab, but that they had hung up on her.

When PC Lovell replied, “They wouldn’t do that”, Kerr said: “Oh my God … Honestly, you guys are f..king stupid and white”, before repeating: “You guys are f..king stupid and white”.

She added “It’s the world’s f..king problem”, as she expressed frustration at trying to call police, and not knowing the right number. She told police that was because “we are international”.

The court also saw footage where Kerr looked at PC Lovell and said: “Honestly, you guys are f..king stupid and white’’, and “I am looking you in the eyes, I’m looking you in the eyes, you guys are f..king stupid, I am over this shit’’.

Sam Kerr’s trial is being held at Kingston Crown Court. Picture: Getty Images.

Kerr’s lawyer, Grace Forbes, told the court: “When you look past the headline and you look at the evidence, that Samantha Kerr did not feel hostile towards this officer because he is white. We saw comment, however poorly expressed, about positions of power and privilege and how those words might colour perception.”

Kerr was seen in the dock taking copious notes and at times holding her head in her hands. Her parents, Roxanne and Roger, and brother Levi, were also in court accompanied by a security guard.

The court heard how at one point Kerr had shown police her bank account balance to prove she could pay for the damage if she wanted to, which PC Lovell took to be her showing off her wealth, making him feel “belittled”.

Sam Kerr at court ahead of her trial. Picture: Getty Images.

The police call centre had told the taxi driver to take Kerr and partner Kristie Mewis to a police station after they had refused to pay for vomiting in his cab. However, they believed they were being kidnapped and demanded police charge the driver.

Several times Kerr referred to the case of Sarah Everard, a woman kidnapped and killed by a police officer while walking home at Clapham Junction in March 2021.

Kerr told police: “This is a racial f..king thing, you are not letting me go over 60 pounds?’’ She said she wasn’t going to pay for the damage to the cab. “I am not going to pay for some dodgy c …’s f..king window. I’ll get the f..king Chelsea lawyers on to this, I am not taking the f..king brunt on this.”

After Kerr and Mewis had been cautioned and arrested for criminal damage, and Kerr for racially aggravated harassment under the Public Order Act, the two agreed to pay for the damage and were allowed to leave.

The case continues.