Katie Price banned from driving for the SEVENTH time after TV star failed to respond to police warning

Lydia Davies
Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:24:20 +0000

Katie Price has been handed her seventh driving ban after she failed to reply to police correspondence regarding a speeding offence in North Yorkshire.

A Ford Capri registered to the 47-year-old former glamour model was recorded travelling at 80mph on a 70mph section of the A64 near the village of Stutton on October 15 last year.

North Yorkshire Police subsequently contacted Ms Price at her West Sussex residence, requesting confirmation of whether she had been behind the wheel.

The force dispatched an initial letter on October 20, followed by a second notice on November 10, cautioning her about potential prosecution.

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According to the police, neither communication received a response.

The reality television personality's accumulated driving disqualifications now exceed six years, since her first ban in 2010.

Magistrate Claire Sagar, presiding at Harrogate Magistrates' Court last Tuesday, found Ms Price guilty of failing to provide information to police about the driver's identity.

The court ordered her to pay a £660 fine alongside £120 in costs and a £264 victim surcharge, bringing her total legal bill above £1,000.

She was also disqualified from driving for six months.

The case was processed through the Single Justice Procedure, a closed-door system where magistrates handle criminal matters privately.

Due to this secretive process, it remains unknown whether Ms Price had the opportunity to contest the ban or whether the court was aware of her extensive previous convictions.

The original speeding charge was dropped by the police.

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The star's troubled history on the roads stretches back more than 15 years.

Her first disqualification came in December 2010 following a speeding admission, with a year-long ban following in 2012 for ignoring speeding tickets.

A further six-month suspension was imposed in February 2018 for another speeding offence, and in January 2019, she admitted driving whilst disqualified, resulting in a three-month ban.

Weeks later, she was found guilty of being drunk in charge of a vehicle after her car veered off the road into a grass verge.

Ms Price claimed an unidentified man had been driving but fled before police arrived, though the judge dismissed this as "not plausible".

In 2021, District Judge Amanda Kelly handed Ms Price a 16-week suspended prison sentence for drink-driving while disqualified and uninsured, telling her: "You appear to think you are above the law."

The judge described her driving record as "one of the worst" she had ever encountered, imposing a two-year ban along with 100 hours of community service and up to 30 rehabilitation sessions.

At the scene, the former glamour model had told officers: "I took drugs, I should not be driving, I admit it all."

Beyond her criminal proceedings, Ms Price has faced significant financial difficulties in recent years.

A judge last October instructed her to curb her "extravagant pattern of expenditure" after learning that nearly half her monthly earnings were being directed towards creditors.

Although bankruptcies from 2019 and 2024 have been discharged, she remains bound by a court order to settle outstanding debts until February 2027.

Ms Price has acknowledged on her podcast that securing motor insurance has become extremely difficult, given her lengthy list of convictions.