Katie Price has been handed an 18 month community order, 170 hours of unpaid work and £1500 in costs after she pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order against ex-husband Kieran Hayler’s fiancée.
She has been allowed 28 days to pay the legal costs.
The 44-year-old appeared at Lewes Crown Court today (June 24) after pleading guilty in May.
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The former glamour model had been warned after pleading guilty that she was at risk of going to prison.
During the hearing, Katie’s defence, Nicholas Hamblin said there was “no escape” for people in the public eye, including Ms Price.
Mr Hamblin has said Katie’s guilty plea is an apology – more specifically, “an apology to Ms Penticost”.
Judge Mooney said: “It’s the first twelve words that are why you are here today.
“It was imposed for your harassment of Ms Pent. It appears you have complied with this order for 2 and a half years.”
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He added: “In my judgement, this offence was committed out of anger.
“The words you used were highly offensive and inflammatory so the breach cannot be considered minor.
“In my judgement, balancing the aggravating and mitigating factors, the appropriate sentence is a medium-level community order.”
Judge Stephen Mooney previously told Katie: “Clearly you have accepted responsibility for this offence and that you indirectly tried to communicate with Ms Penticost despite her restraining order against you.
“I must warn you Ms Price that you are at risk of going to prison.”
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Katie was also told before the end of the hearing by the judge that she was “in very grave danger of going to prison”.
She was subsequently bailed until her sentencing today.
Katie had been due to attend court for a speeding offence in May, but it was pushed back until July 5 at Crawley Magistrates’ Court as the matter was not dealt with via single justice procedure.
In relation to today’s sentencing, Katie previously denied breaching the restraining order against Kieran’s fiancée Michelle Penticost.
She was accused of sending an abusive text to Michelle, breaching a restraining order that was imposed on June 3, 2019.
The order banned Katie from contacting Michelle directly or indirectly for five years.
At the time, she was also fined £415 after a “tirade of abuse” aimed at Michelle during an incident at a school playground.
It was alleged by the prosecution that Katie sent an abusive text to Michelle in which she aimed a number of profanities at her.
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The text allegedly came after Katie learned of a post on Instagram in which Michelle spoke of how she had been treated badly by other people, and how she had dealt with it.
In text messages sent to Kieran, Katie said: “Tell your c****** w***e, piece of s**t, girlfriend not to start on me.
“She has a restraining order so shouldn’t try to antagonise me as she is in breach and I’m sure she doesn’t want people knowing that she was having an affair with you behind my back. That gutter s**g.”
According to the prosecution, Michelle said the post was not about Katie.
The court was told that Katie then sent messages to members of her family saying she had texted ex-husband Kieran, with the prosecution saying that a family member told her not to send any more.
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