United States international Kristie Mewis told a court on Thursday that her fiancee Sam Kerr was “speaking her truth in how she was feeling” when she called a police officer “stupid and white”. Kerr,

Former US international Kristie Mewis has told a court she had feared for her life during the taxi ride that has become a focus of Sam Kerr’s London trial.

Australia women's soccer captain Sam Kerr said she felt British police treated her differently because of the colour of her skin, as she gave evidence in a London court on Wednesday while on trial accused of racially abusing a white police officer.