According to Fox Sport, Chelsea striker Sam Kerr told Kingston Crown Court yesterday, Wednesday 5 February, she was treated differently by police "because of the colour of my skin" after "fearing for my life" following an incident with a taxi driver.

The Matildas captain, who is of mixed race, is on trial charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to police officer Stephen Lovell during an incident in Twickenham in the early hours of 30 January 2023.

The court was told on Tuesday, 4 February, that Kerr had become "abusive and insulting" towards Lovell, calling him "stupid and white".

But Kerr, according to Fox Sport, giving evidence yesterday, said: "I believed (officers) were treating me differently because of what they perceived to be the colour of my skin - particularly PC Lovell's behaviour."

"The way he was accusing me of lying and later arresting me for criminal damage even though Kristie said it was just her (who smashed the taxi's window). At the time I thought they were trying to put it on me."

The trial continues.