In the day 3 of the John Terry trial over alleged racial
comments against QPR defender, Anton Ferdinand, the former England skipper’s legal team read out a
statement prepared for and signed by 17 members of Chelsea ’s first-team squad to say they have
never heard him use racist language. But Nigerian International, John Obi Mikel
who plays alongside Terry in the Chelsea
setup did not sign the document. Others who were not signatories were Didier
Drogba, Nicolas Anelka and Alex, Florent Malouda, Gary Cahill and Josh
McEachran.
Meanwhile, Chief Magistrate Howard
Riddle has delivered his verdict on the case after a five-day trial at
Westminster Magistrates Court in London .
He said the case was not about
"whether Mr Terry is a racist in the broadest sense of the word", telling
the court he had heard "a great deal of evidence to show that he is
not".
"It is understandable why Mr
Terry wants to make this point - his reputation is at stake," he said.
John Terry arriving the court premises |
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