Terry 'used racial abuse'

Footballer John Terry was using "straightforward racial abuse" against Anton Ferdinand rather than sarcastically repeating a racist slur, a court has heard.

Terry, 31, is accused of calling QPR centre-half Ferdinand a "f****** black c***" during a Premier League match on October 23 last year.

Making his closing speech at Westminster Magistrates' Court, prosecutor Duncan Penny said on Terry's account, Ferdinand had used the words "calling me a black c***". Terry claims that he simply repeated back the slur that Ferdinand wrongly thought he had used, and denies a racially aggravated public order offence.

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