The England defender watched from the dock at Westminster Magistrates´ Court on Tuesday as he was heard claiming why calling Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand a "black (expletive)" in a match was not racist abuse.[break]
In an English Football Association disciplinary interview conducted last October, Terry said he was repeating the term back to Ferdinand to counter what he believed he was being accused of.
Terry said: "I have been called a lot of things in my career but being racist is not one I am prepared to take at all."
The fired England captain added: "I´m not having anyone, let alone Anton, think that about me."
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