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Terry defends himself, claims innocence
John Terry told his trial Wednesday that he was keen to speak to the police about racist abuse allegations as the former England football captain knew he had not “done anything wrong”.
John Terry told his trial Wednesday that he was keen to speak to the police about racist abuse allegations as the former England football captain knew he had not “done anything wrong”.
The Chelsea captain is accused of calling Queens Park Rangers player Anton Ferdinand a “fucking black cunt” during a match between Chelsea and QPR on October 23 last year.
Taking the witness stand again on the third day of the trial, the 31-year-old said: “I knew there was nothing out there that would show that I had done anything wrong.”
Terry said he made a statement before seeing any footage of the incident. “If there was ever any doubt in my mind, I could have held back, soaked it up and thought 'Let's wait until tomorrow, let's see what kind of footage is out there'.”
The England defender also denied that he had made a remark about having sex with Ferdinand's girlfriend, in response to taunts about his alleged affair with the mother of a former team-mate's child.
Giving evidence Tuesday, Terry told the court he was sarcastically repeating words he thought Ferdinand had said to him.
