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Sammy Gecsoyler

RARE PHOTOS: Cps decision to charge sam kerr was attack on free speech says lawyer - The Real Truth

Sam Kerr
Sam Kerr was this week found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment over an incident in January 2023. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

A leading human rights lawyer has called for an investigation into the Crown Prosecution Service’s decision to charge the footballer Sam Kerr, calling it an “attack on free speech”.

Geoffrey Robertson KC, the founding head of Doughty Street Chambers and one-time boss of Keir Starmer, said there was no public interest in charging Kerr, especially “at this time when the criminal justice system is in chaos”.

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