A UK court has been told a night of celebration ended in Australian footballer Sam Kerr crawling out of the broken back window of a taxi, then being arrested for the racially aggravated abuse of a London police officer

Jurors watched footage of the Matildas captain telling officers she and her partner feared they were being kidnapped after the driver refused to let them out of his cab following a row over compensation for vomit in the back of the vehicle.

Kerr was recorded twice hurling a race-based insult towards a police constable in the early hours of January 30, 2023 - her defence argues the words were a comment on perception, power and privilege.

She was described by police witnesses as inebriated, emotional and in a distressed state.

Kerr has pleaded not guilty - the maximum penalty under UK law is 26 weeks in jail.