For Sam Kerr, an ordeal that started more than two years ago is finally over. The decision handed down by a jury on Tuesday means Kerr can put a protracted legal saga behind her, as she prepares to mark her return to football in the next two months. For seven days over the past two weeks, Chelsea striker Kerr, Australia’s captain and a star of the women’s game worldwide, has battled past a scrum of flashing cameras, stationed outside Kingston Crown Court in south-west London, to attend her trial
Sam Kerr, a nightmare two years and now the chance to look to the future