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Chelsea striker Sam Kerr is set to face trial after being charged with racially aggravated harassment of a police officer.<\/span><\/p>\n The 30-year-old Australia international pleaded not guilty to the offence at a court hearing on Monday, the Crown Prosecution Service said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Kerr is scheduled to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates Court on 1 February 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n It follows an alleged incident in January 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n “The charge relates to an incident involving a police officer who was responding to a complaint involving a taxi fare on 30 January 2023 in Twickenham,” a Metropolitan Police spokesperson said.<\/span><\/p>\n She was charged on 21 January “with a racially aggravated offence under Section 4A [of the] Public Order Act 1986”, they added.<\/span><\/p>\n However Kerr denied the charge at a plea and trial preparation hearing at Kingston upon Thames Crown Court on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n