Katie Price soaks up the sun in Thailand as charges that she was speeding at more than 60mph and failed to provide details are dropped in UK court
- Former glamour model had been charged with one count of breaching speed limit on September 13, 2021
- She was also accused of failing to tell police who was behind the wheel of her £62,000 BMW on January 26
- Her case was dismissed after ‘no evidence was offered’, in Price’s latest brush with the law in recent months
Katie Price has been seen soaking up the sun in Thailand as charges she was speeding at more than 60mph and failed to provide details to police were dropped in an English court.
The 44-year-old former glamour model had been charged with one count of exceeding the 60mph speed limit on September 13, 2021, but police dropped the case just hours before it appeared in court.
She was also accused of failing to tell police who was behind the wheel of her £62,000 BMW on January 26, but this was also dismissed as ‘no evidence was offered’.
Price, who has almost 20 previous driving convictions, was banned from driving at the time of the alleged offence.
Only two weeks later she flipped her BMW on the B2135 near Partridge Green in West Sussex after drinking and taking drugs.
She dodged jail and was handed a 16-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, after promising to attend rehab at the Priory.
Price, who has been represented by lawyer Nicholas Hamblin of Westgate Chambers, was also handed 100 hours of unpaid work and 20 rehabilitation activity requirement sessions to be completed within the next 12 months.
In addition, she was disqualified from driving for two years and ordered to pay £85 costs.
Katie Price – who is seen in Thailand yesterday – had been charged with one count of exceeding the 60mph speed limit on September 13, 2021, but police dropped the case just hours before it appeared in court
The former glamour model was also accused of failing to tell police who was behind the wheel of her £62,000 BMW on January 26, but this was also dismissed as ‘no evidence was offered’
Price, who has almost 20 previous driving convictions, was banned from driving at the time of the alleged offence
Price was seen yesterday wearing a bright red bikini as she soaked up the sun on the idyllic beach in Thailand
Price (seen in her Thai photoshoot) has a long legal history. She recently dodged jail over a drink and drugs crash near her Mucky Mansion in West Sussex
Price left for Thailand shortly after avoiding jail for sending ‘vile and nasty’ messages to her ex Kieran Hayler’s fiancee.
The ex model branded Michelle Penticost a ‘gutter s**g’ in a breach of a restraining order.
She was told that she would not face prison for the offence, but instead has to carry out 170 hours of unpaid work.
Price – who was heard to tell a reporter to ‘suck my d**k’ after she was asked about the prospects of a prison sentence outside court – had been banned from contacting Miss Penticost directly or indirectly for five years in June 2019.
It recently emerged that Price booked her Thailand trip before learning of her fate for breaching the restraining order.
During the trip she has been posting on her Only Fans – running the risk of breaching Thailand’s strict anti-pornography laws.
Price left for Thailand shortly after avoiding jail for sending ‘vile and nasty’ messages to her ex Kieran Hayler’s fiancee
The ex model (pictured in her Thai beach photoshoot) branded Michelle Penticost a ‘gutter s**g’ in a breach of a restraining order
It recently emerged that Price booked her Thailand trip before learning of her fate for breaching the restraining order
During the trip she has been posting on her Only Fans – running the risk of breaching Thailand’s strict anti-pornography laws
Earlier in the trip Price was seen taking in the sites around Thai capital Bangkok on a traditional tuktuk
Her speeding case was dealt with under the ‘single justice procedure’, which allows for adults charged with summary-only, non-imprisonable offences to have their cases dealt with remotely by a magistrate
Had she been convicted of the speeding offence, she could have received a fine or points off her licence, but not jail
Price has been represented by Nicholas Hamblin of Westgate Chambers. The barrister works at ‘all levels of crime, prosecution and defence’, according to an online profile
The USUAL suspect: Katie Price’s rap sheet in full including drink-driving BMW crash, bankruptcy, restraining order breaches and string of speeding fines… as latest charges against her are dropped
By Chay Quinna and Tom Pyman for MailOnline
Katie Price had two driving charges against her dropped today in her latest brush with the justice system.
The 44-year-old former glamour model had been charged with one count of exceeding the 60mph speed limit on September 13, 2021, and one count of failing to provide information on January 26 this year. But the charges were dropped after ‘no evidence was offered’.
It’s far from her first brush with the law. Last September, she was handed a suspended sentence after crashing her BMW on the B2135 near Partridge Green in West Sussex.
She was given a 16-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, with 100 hours of unpaid work and 20 rehabilitation activity requirement sessions to be completed within the next 12 months.
She was also disqualified from driving for two years and ordered to pay £85 costs. Last month she avoided a potential jail sentence and was given a community order and told to pay £1,500 costs at Lewes Crown Court after pleading guilty to breaching a restraining order.
MailOnline takes a look at Katie Price’s chequered legal history below…
2003
Katie Price escaped a speeding charge after police failed to arrest her within 12 weeks of allegedly clocking 70mph in a 40mph zone in her Range Rover.
2008
After talking on the mobile phone while driving on April 18, Price landed three penalty points.
2009
Price failed to provide the identity of the driver after her car was allegedly caught speeding in a 30mph zone and was later handed four penalty points after being clocked at 99mph and was handed four points on her licence.
2010
Price was convicted for failing to be in proper control of her horsebox after veering into another lane in February and was given three points on her licence, bringing her total to 10.
2010
Then in December she banned from driving for six months after doing 83mph in a 70mph zone in her home county of West Sussex.
2012
Two years later, Katie was disqualified for 12 months for failing to respond to two speeding tickets in September.
2018
Katie landed a six-month ban in February 2018 for speeding after totting up 12 penalty points for speeding.
2018
In July, photos emerged of her driving while still banned.
2018
Then in October she was arrested on suspicion of drink driving and spent 13 hours in custody after crashing into a VW Golf and a hedge on a gated estate at 2am.
Katie Price arriving at Crawley Magistrates’ Court where she stood charged with driving while disqualified in January 2019
She was a 3 month ban for the offence of driving while disqualified at Crawley Magistrates Court
2019
She was given a three-month ban for driving while disqualified in January of that year.
2019
Handed a five-year restraining order banning her from contacting Michelle Penticost either directly or indirectly after hurling abuse at her during an argument at a school playground.
2019
And then in October, Price was banned from driving for a further 18 months for failing to inform police who was behind the wheel of her pink Range Rover during a crash in Bexley, south east London.
Price crashed her BMW car on a country road near her West Sussex home in the early hours of the morning after drinking and taking drugs in 2021
2021
Price crashes her BMW car on a country road near her West Sussex home in the early hours of the morning after drinking and taking drugs.
She pleaded guilty at Crawley Magistrates of drink driving, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance and is handed a 16-week suspended prison sentence.
2022
She pleads guilty to breaching a five-year restraining order not to contact, directly or indirectly, Michelle Penticost.
The former glamour model faced the prospect of a stint behind bars after admitting the breach, when she sent a text to Kieran Hayler, branding Michelle Penticost a ‘gutter s**g’
Source: Read Full Article
