Katie Price banned from driving again and fined £1,100 after admitting to being behind wheel while disqualified

John Dunne @jhdunne9 January 2019
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Former glamour model Katie Price has been banned from driving for three months and fined £1,100 for driving while disqualified and without insurance.

The 40-year-old pleaded guilty to the offences at Crawley Magistrates Court this morning.

Price had been spotted driving on the A24 near her West Sussex home on July 25 while a six-month driving ban was still in place.

The reality star had driven back from the short stay car park at Gatwick Airport to Dial Post, a hamlet near Horsham, after travelling by train into London to take her son to a medical appointment, the court heard.

She was phoned by a newspaper informing her she had breached her ban which was later confirmed with police, magistrates were told.

Katie Price arriving at court today (Andrew Matthews/PA )
Andrew Matthews/PA

Price was banned from driving for six months in February but Paul Macaulay, defending, said Ms Price had mistakenly believed the ban had been imposed from an earlier hearing in January - which meant it would have ended in early July, before she got behind the wheel.

But she had not contacted the DVLA about reinstating her driving licence because she was “not the best” at paperwork, he told the court.

Today’s court appearance came two days after she appeared at Bromley Magistrates Court accused of another motoring offence.

Price denied being almost twice the legal alcohol limit while legally in charge of a pink Range Rover at Shooter’s Hill in Greenwich on October 10 last year.

She was bailed to attend Bexley Magistrates Court on February 25 when her trial will start.

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