After the European Cup in early July, Terry was sent to Westminster to handle criminal cases, and judges from England and Wales formed a trial lineup for him, where he was tried for five days.
The case originated from 20 1 1 10. 1On October 23rd, Chelsea played away against Royal Rangers. At that time, Terry and Ferdinand had an altercation and dispute on the field. Not long after the game, Terry was accused by Ferdinand that he was "suspected of racial discrimination". On the night of receiving the accusation, Terry defended himself. He explained the matter in detail to the FA and the police.
Although Terry firmly denied his behavior, some lip experts pointed out after the game that Terry used foul language and made insults related to skin color. The British media generally believed that he did engage in racial discrimination and lashed out at him.
In court, opinions vary.
Anton ferdinand insisted that Terry had insulted him, but Terry denied it: "Ferdinand has been satirizing and provoking me. I only responded after he constantly provoked irony and verbally warned the other party not to go so far, but he never mentioned words like black X. "
Terry's defense lawyer Riddle said: "Even with all the TV videos, lip-reading experts, relevant witnesses and other means, it is still impossible to determine what Mr. Terry said during that time ... the evidence always comes first."
Terry's teammate, ashley cole, provided testimony in Terry's favor to the court: "Although I am far away from the incident, I am sure that what Terry said is more likely to be a challenging remark than an insult."
After five days of evidence collection and debate, Terry was acquitted of racial discrimination for lack of evidence.
The court's final interpretation of the case was: "We think that the' speech' that appeared this time is just rubbish on the football field and does not involve racist content." Justice also said that Terry did make words and deeds that were not elegant enough, but there was no evidence that these words and deeds did involve racial discrimination.
After hearing the result in court, Terry didn't say much, just nodded gently, and then got into the car waiting outside the court through heavy media. According to live media reports, Terry did not answer any media questions.
However, this incident will not end there.
As the captain of Chelsea team, Terry is widely loved by fans because of his consistent leadership temperament on the court, but outside the football field, Terry has been in trouble in recent years. First, he infected the wife of Manchester City player Bridge, became a "friend and wife", shocked football and became a public enemy of Britain. This time, he committed a racial discrimination case. Although he was acquitted this time, Terry's public image is already very bad.
Before the verdict, the media generally thought that Terry would be fined slightly or sentenced to a small number of community volunteers, but the final verdict obviously made many people dissatisfied.
"The Sun" said that the FA will not let this matter go, and the FA will start its own adjudication procedure and prepare to charge Terry and Ferdinand with disturbing the game order and using offensive language. According to the regulations of the Football Association, if convicted, both Terry and Ferdinand will be suspended for two games.