Leading football commentator Lucy Zelic believes Sam Kerr should be stripped of the Matildas captaincy for her behaviour in an incident with a taxi driver and calling a police officer “stupid and white”.

A police officer says he felt “belittled and upset” following an incident involving Chelsea forward Samantha Kerr, a court has heard.

Chelsea forward and Australia captain Sam Kerr went on trial in a London court on Monday, accused of racially abusing a white police officer

Chelsea footballer Sam Kerr told Kingston Crown Court today she believes police treated her differently "because of what they perceived to be the colour of my skin" during an incident at Twickenham police station.

Chelsea forward Sam Kerr testified that police treated her differently because of "the color of my skin,” a court heard Wednesday during the Australia star's trial on a charge of racially aggravated harassment on a police officer.

The Australia international is on trial charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to Pc Stephen Lovell.