Katie Price dodges jail after pleading guilty to breaching restraining order

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supports HTML5 videoKatie Price has dodged jail at her sentencing hearing at Lewes Crown Court today, after previously pleading guilty to breaching a restraining order and being warned she faced jail time.She was handed an 18-month community order to carry out 170 hours of unpaid work.During an earlier hearing, Price – who was wearing a green suit and was supported by her fiance Carl Woods in court today – pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order against her ex-husband Kieran Hayler’s fiancee Michelle Penticost.Judge Stephen Mooney told Price: ‘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.’Price showed no emotion as the verdict was announced but gave a brief smile as she left the dock.Later reacting to the verdict, Hayler and Penticost shared their disappointment.On her way into court on Friday morning, the former glamour model, 44, had a foul-mouthed outburst, shouting at waiting media to ‘suck my d**k’ as she headed to the courtroom.She was accused of sending ex-husband Hayler a message on January 21, in which she branded his new partner Penticost, a ‘c***ing wh**e’ and a ‘gutter s*g’, while also accusing them of having an affair.The reality star had been banned from contacting Ms Penticost directly or indirectly under the terms of a restraining order imposed in June 2019.The message read: ‘Tell your ****ing wh**e, piece of s**t, girlfriend not to start on me.‘She has a restraining order so shouldn’t try antagonise me as she is in breach and I’m sure she doesn’t want people.