Chelsea captain John Terry cleared of racially abusing
opponent in Premier League match
A magistrate has cleared Chelsea
captain John Terry of racially abusing an opponent during an English Premier
League match.
The case led to Terry being stripped
of the England captaincy by the Football Association ahead of the European Championship
and the departure of coach Fabio Capello who disagreed with the decision.
After hearing four days of evidence
at a London court, chief magistrate Howard Riddle decided Friday that Terry was
not guilty of a racially aggravated public order offence in a confrontation
with Queens Park Rangers player Anton Ferdinand during the match in October.
Terry maintained he only used an
offensive term sarcastically to counter the obscenity he claims Ferdinand was
accusing him of using.
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