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Katie Price not appearing in court for speeding offence months after avoiding jail for drink-driving crash
Katie Price will not be attending court today on charges of a speeding offence. Previous reports claimed the Mucky Mansion star was expectedto attend a hearing at Crawley Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning, in relation to a driving incident stemming back to September 17, 2021. Price, 44, was reportedly caught speeding in a BMW near her house in Horsham, West Sussex, just two weeks before she got into a major car crash, for which she was charged with drink-driving but avoided jail. The court has confirmed to Metro.co.uk that Price will not be in court today but is scheduled for a hearing regarding another case on Wednesday at Lewes Crown Court. During the speeding incident, Price was reportedly caught by an officer driving over the 60mph speed limit. According to The Sun, she is charged with speeding, as well as being accused of failing to give information to police when asked following a driving offence. In December, the former glamour model controversially avoided jail in relation to the drink-drive crash that happened on September 28. Instead, Price received a 16-week suspended sentence for 12 months, 100 hours of unpaid work, 20 sessions of rehabilitation work with probation, and a two-year driving ban. At the time, the judge warned that she ‘deserved to spend Christmas behind bars’, as when she got behind the wheel ‘intoxicated with drink and drugs, you showed no concern at all for the lives of others’. Officers had responded to the crash at about 6.20am, and Price was arrested and taken to hospital.