John Terry's Dad Cleared Of Race Attack

21st March 2014

The father of Chelsea captain John Terry has been cleared of racist abuse at the Old Bailey.

Ted Terry, 59, had been accused of headbutting Amarjit Talafair and calling him a ‘f****** P***’ after a drunken row over a cigarette.

A jury of seven men and five women took an hour and 20 minutes to find Terry not guilty of one count of racially-aggravated common assault after a five-day trial.

Terry, from Grays in Essex, was also cleared of one count of racially-aggravated fear or provocation of violence.

Terry's colleagues, former schoolboy boxing champion Stephen Niland, 36, from Romford in Essex, and Moldova-born Tudor Musteata, 47, from Greenwich in south east London, were also found not guilty of racially-aggravated fear or provocation of violence.

Defence barristers argued that the prosecution's witnesses all knew each other and had conspired together to back up the racist abuse claims.

Mr Talafair said that he had suffered no injury from Terry's alleged headbutt because he was able to get out of the way in time and admitted calling the defendant a 'fat bald p****' during the stand-off.

The complainant reported the incident to police the following day after researching Terry online.

He asked officers about taking his story to the press, but was told it would hamper the investigation, the court heard.





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