Ex-England captain John Terry has been cleared of racially abusing fellow footballer Anton Ferdinand. The Chelsea and England defender had denied making the comments to the Queens Park Rangers player during a match at Loftus Road last October. The 31-year-old told Westminster Magistrates' Court he was merely repeating what he thought Mr Ferdinand had said to him as they traded insults. The FA has said its inquiry into the incident will resume next week. Mr Terry had described himself as "angry and upset" over the claims. It was alleged he had insulted Mr Ferdinand in a Premier League match, describing him as "black" and using extreme sexual swear words. Read more here
I'm in two minds over this.. Did he react in a racist way on the pitch? Yes, without a shadow of a doubt. Is John Terry a racist? I really don't think so... So, according to the letter of the law I think John Terry got off lucky. However, I also think that it is so easy for people to say stupid things in the heat of the moment and why should that be criminalised?
