Footballer Ashley Cole has said England and Chelsea teammate John Terry should not have been taken to court over racism claims.

Terry, 31, is accused of calling Anton Ferdinand a "f****** black c***" during a Premier League game on October 23 last year.

He denies a racially aggravated public order offence, and claims he was sarcastically repeating the slur that Ferdinand mistakenly thought he had used.

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