Chelsea striker Sam Kerr says he feared for his life while caught by taxi

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Chelsea footballer Sam Kerr has said that “she feared for my life”, since she and her partner were “trapped” in the back of a taxi moments before one of them broke the rear window of the vehicle.

The International of Australia is in trial accused of causing racially aggravated harassment to the PC Stephen Lovell during an incident in southwest London in the early hours of January 30, 2023.

He alleges that Kerr, 31, and his partner, West Ham Kristie Mewis midfield cleaning after one of them. He was sick, and that one of them broke the rear window of the vehicle.

Giving evidence on Wednesday, Kerr told the jury that he had put his head out the window when he began to feel sick before the driver “wounds him” and began to “drive dangerously.”

She said: “He accelerated and began to deviate inside and outside the lanes … they threw us.

“I couldn’t hear what I was saying. It was accelerating and stopping.

“None of us had the belts on, so we stood up and tried to talk to him … I felt where he thought … I was terrified.”

Kerr said that the dangerous driving continued for 15 to 20 minutes, adding: “I was terrified of my life.

“Everything was going through my mind about being in a car with a stranger that I consider dangerous.

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“There was no reasoning with him. It was his way or nothing.

“Kristie asked him to stop the car, but there were no changes in his driving. We had no idea where we were.

“Kristie was very distressed. She was crying and scared. I had never seen her like that before and scared me more.

“I began to realize how serious the situation was. He put me in protective mode … I had power over us.

“We were not in control … I considered it dangerous due to driving, but also because it could have taken anywhere. It could not be tracked so that no one knew where we were.”

Kerr said the couple tried to open the doors and windows several times, but remained blocked.

Finally, Mrs. Mewis “kicked (the window) with her boot”, which turned out that Kerr felt “relieved”, but added: “We did not leave immediately when the car still moved.”

The images of the Bodyworn Chamber of PC Lovell were previously played in jurors, in which Kerr tells him the Samuel Limb PC that she and Mrs. Mewis were “very scared” and “trying to escape” from the taxi when they damaged The vehicle.

In the police station, it is alleged that Kerr had become “abusive and insulting” towards PC Lovell, calling him “stupid and white.”

Kerr agrees to make the comments, but denies that they are equivalent to the position.

The Court also heard that at Kerr Police Station he referred to Sarah Eeverard, who was killed by Met Wayne Cozens police officer in 2023, telling the officers about a “girl in Clafam” who “was raped and killed” .

He supposedly told PC Lovell: “I know it’s not you … but we are both scared.”

Kerr told the jury that he never used black taxis and preferred Uber because he considered it safer and that the vehicles could be tracked.

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Born in Perth, he also referred to the Australian Claremont serial killer: “I lived in a state where for 30 years there was a serial killer who believed he was a taxi driver.

“Everyone talked not to get into a taxi.”

Kerr was asked about his education in Australia and experience with racism there and in the United Kingdom.

Identifying as a white Angloindio, the Chelsea striker said he had seen his father and his brother, who are of Indian ancestry, treated differently due to the color of his skin.

Kerr also said that he had experienced him first hand at school, in social networks and even in shopping centers, telling the jury: “Sometimes a security guard follows me.”

The trial continues.