Banned Driver Drives And Crashes.

[douglas9401]

PR machine swings into action with standard stuff to tug at heartstrings.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58720249

[anneasquith]

What would a custodial sentence achieve ?

[bobbinwales]

Deter others? Make realise the seriousness of what she done?

[bobbinwales]

And discourage others from using the mental health card when many people are suffering far more from true issues but don't ground putting lives in danger. That's also for anne

[anneasquith]

I doubt it would achieve anything .She would just become a celebrity behind bars……… Book to follow , and more tv interviews .

[New Judge]

//Did Ant go to prison or was he just fined?//

No he didn’t. He was fined £86,000 and banned from driving for 20 months.

Those wishing to see Ms Price dragged away in chains are almost certainly in for a disappointment – whether she employs an “ambulance chasing” lawyer or not. Both offences she allegedly committed (excess alcohol and driving whilst disqualified) carry a maximum sentence of six months’ custody. However, I won’t go through the ins and outs of the sentencing guidelines but she is most unlikely to receive an immediate custodial sentence. If the court does decide a custodial sentence is justified it is all but certain to be suspended.

//A 3 month stint will have the desired effect…//

I can say with absolute certainty that she will not spend three months in prison. The maximum sentence that can be imposed is six months. However, almost all those sentenced to between three months and four years are eligible for “Home Detention Curfew”. This sees them released after serving one quarter of their sentence, subject to serving a minimum of 28 days. So the most she would spend inside (in the very unlikely event that she received an immediate custodial sentence of six months) would be six weeks.

The greater likelihood is that she would either be sentenced to a Community Order with various requirements or a suspended sentence (either with or without similar requirements). She is unlikely to be ordered to undertake unpaid work because of her health problems.

[drmorgans]

So her record of drink / drug driving, using a mobile phone while driving, and speeding, hasn't reached a threshold? Would someone have to be killed or seriously injured for a prison sentence to be considered?

[Peter Pedant]

thank you for that theme of common sense NJ

Completely out of place and inapproriate I may say ( as a veteran of having my best posts flushed down the jarn. a rush of Latin went darnda do-do last week)

one of the sour-faced usual suspects will get it deleted

[New Judge]

//So her record of drink / drug driving, using a mobile phone while driving, and speeding, hasn't reached a threshold?//

I'm not saying whether it has or it hasn't because I don't know. I only know what I've read in the papers (which is about 0.1% of what the court will hear). What I'm saying is that I believe it is extremely unlikely she will receive an immediate custodial sentence but even if she does she will spend no more than six weeks (well, 45 days to be precise because sentences in Magistrates' Courts are handed down in days and 182 days is the maximum) inside. If she enters an early guilty plea the maximum become 120 days, so she would only serve 30 days.

[davebro]

She should get a jail sentence. I would give her one.

[fender62]

jail sentence with no access to makeup or news media or camera's

[nescio]

Davebro,
are those two sentences connected? :-)

[Redhelen72]

Thank you NJ for answering my question

[youngmafbog]

Bang her up, then it just might bring home the seriousness of what she has done.

She is a menace and danger to the public.

Didnt Paris Hilton get banged up for DUI (yes I know its the USA)? Not seen her in the press for doing it again.

[choux]

When driving she is a danger to the public, without a doubt. However, I cannot imagine the stress she is under. I have never been a fan of hers, tbh, but I did note that Rylan Clark-Neale said she had been a tremendous support to him since his marriage woes so she has some redeeming characteristics. I hope she gets the help she needs.

[choux]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10040649/Katie-Price-43-charged-driving-disqualified.html

Jolly good...

[roadman]

"Today our worst fears nearly came true"

if they suspected she would be in a car crash they arent good friends and family allowing her to drive

[Stickybottle]

choux
When driving she is a danger to the public, without a doubt. However, I cannot imagine the stress she is under. I have never been a fan of hers, tbh, but I did note that Rylan Clark-Neale said she had been a tremendous support to him since his marriage woes so she has some redeeming characteristics. I hope she gets the help she needs.

No more stress than many in similar situations
Her supposed redeeming features do not excuse her from continually flouting the law
A drink and drug binge is not going to solve her problems
She needs an enforced break from society and the limelight and all the trappings of it
She cannot continually parade her offspring for public viewing to get a sympathy vote
Time to be a responsible parent

[drmorgans]

And maybe exercise a little self-control.

[zebo]

//What would a custodial sentence achieve ?//

It would keep other people safe and that's what really matters, she's irrelevant.

[New Judge]

//It would keep other people safe and that's what really matters, she's irrelevant.//

Well now she's pleaded guilty, in the highly unlikely event that she receives an immediate custodial sentence, the most she will serve is 30 days.