Katie Price has been banned from driving for the seventh time after being convicted of failing to respond to police requests for information about an alleged speeding offence.
The former glamour model, 47, has received bans totalling more than six years since she was first disqualified in 2010, according to court reporting.
Her latest case arose after a Ford Capri registered in her name was recorded travelling at 80mph on the A64 near Stutton in North Yorkshire in the UK. Police wrote to Price at her home in West Sussex asking her to identify the driver, but said no response was received to either letter.
She was convicted of failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver and was given a six-month driving ban. She was also ordered to pay a £660 fine (€756), £120 (€138) in costs and a £264 victim surcharge (€303), a total of £1,044 (€1,196).
The speeding charge was withdrawn.
Price was previously banned for six months in 2010 after admitting a speeding charge. She was disqualified for a year in 2012 after failing to respond to speeding tickets, and received another six-month ban in 2018 after being caught speeding.
In 2019, she admitted driving while disqualified and received a three-month ban. Later that year, she was convicted of being drunk in charge of a vehicle, and was later convicted of failing to disclose the name of a driver following a crash, which led to an 18-month ban.
In 2021, she was given a 16-week suspended prison sentence for drink-driving while disqualified and without insurance, along with a two-year driving ban, 100 hours of community service and up to 30 rehabilitation sessions.
In 2024, she was fined £880 (€1,009) for driving without a licence and insurance in Northamptonshire, but was not banned on that occasion.
Price's latest case was dealt with under the Single Justice Procedure, which is used in England and Wales for minor, non-imprisonable offences.
Under that process, a defendant can respond within 21 days, plead not guilty and have the case transferred to open court, or ask for a hearing. If there is no response, a magistrate can decide the case on the papers.
Source: Press Association
