Katie Price gets speeding charge dropped after avoiding jail for breaching restraining order

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Katie Price has had two charges against her, including a speeding charge, dismissed after a string of legal troubles, which saw her recently avoid jail after breaching a restraining order.The two charges were dismissed at Crawley Magistrates’ Court on Monday, as ‘no evidence was offered’.Price, 44, 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.The hearing had previously been listed to take place on Tuesday but was brought forward.

Price did not attend court.She is currently on holiday in Thailand with her boyfriend Carl Woods, with the pair recently being spotted enjoying a shopping trip.

In September, she was handed a suspended sentence after crashing her BMW 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 swerved a potential jail sentence, after she was warned she could face prison time when she pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order after she messaged her ex Kieran Hayler’s fiancee Michelle Penticost.

Price was given a community order and told to pay £1,500 costs at Lewes Crown Court.Nicholas Hamblin, representing Price, said his client had pleaded guilty to the breach but she had been under a ‘misunderstanding’ that the restraining order ‘worked both ways’.Mr Hamblin said that Price had sought help for her emotional problems at the Priory Clinic.He said she suffered from a ‘depressive disorder and anxiety’, and added: ‘Miss Price is learning to.