A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of Australia soccer star Sam Kerr. She denies a charge of causing racially aggravated harassment.

A jury has retired to consider verdicts in the trial of Chelsea striker Sam Kerr, who is charged with causing racially aggravated harassment.

With Februrary now in full swing, Kerr has commenced her 13th month of extraneous knee recovery. With the striker seemingly facing setbacks in her recovery, Chelsea head coach Sonia Bompastor told media in December that we aren't likely to see Kerr for "at least two or three months more".

The Australian football star is on trial charged with racially abusing a white police officer after a taxi driver took her and her partner to a police station after one of them smashed the car window.