Come Dine With Me winner who had sex with boy, 15, fined for hurling racist abuse at neighbour

A SCOTS Come Dine With Me winner who hurled racist abuse at her neighbour was fined £420 today.

Lucy Haughey, 44, called Roman Kavur, 25, a "foreign c***" on their shared landing in Glasgow's Cathcart on March 8 2024.

Haughey - who was stated to have smelled of alcohol - also kicked and damaged Mr Kavur's front door.

The mum - who won the hit Channel 4 show in 2017 - was found guilty of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner which was racially aggravated.

Haughey also hit the headlines seven years ago after she had sex with a 15-year-old boy and was given a three-year community payback order.

Her previous convictions also include stalking social worker Shannon Low in 2017 and was sentenced to community service.

Haughey posted a video on social media about Miss Low in 2022 which included abusive comments. She was banned from contacting Miss Low for 10 years.

Haughey was fined £515 and ordered to do 234 hours of unpaid work earlier this year for stalking a woman named Joanne Bell.

Greece based Haughey was due to return to Glasgow Sheriff Court today to be sentenced for her latest offence.

However, her lawyer Michael Gallen stated that she could not travel due to "financial difficulties" and the matter was dealt with in her absence.

Sheriff Collette Gallagher imposed a one-year non-harassment order on Haughey against her victims as well as the fine.

The trial heard that author Haughey initially got on with Mr Kavur when he and his partner moved into their flat with their twin babies in April 2023.

The mental health worker claimed that Haughey and his partner, dental nurse Valerie Zbila, had clashes which he did not get involved in.

Mr Kavur stated he heard shouting near his property around 6.50pm and went to investigate.

He said: "I couldn't really hear what she was saying, I heard shouting from the level below us - I didn't know it was Miss Haughey at the time.

"I looked through the glass window on the door and I saw Miss Haughey and she saw me.

"She seemed intoxicated at the time and said racial abuse at me saying 'you foreign c***' or something like that."

Mr Kavur stated that he then opened his door which he claimed was a "mistake" by himself.

The procurator fiscal depute asked the witness what he hoped to achieve by that.

Mr Kavur replied: "To see why she said it but I don't know - she was intoxicated.

"She came a little bit close to me and I smelled alcohol so I closed the door then called the police."

The witness stated that Haughey then went on to kick his front door which caused damage to his letterbox.

When asked how he knew that she kicked the door, Mr Kavur replied: "I could hear the impact...she was facing towards the door - she was either punching it or kicking it. If she was using her head, I would have seen it."

Mr Kavur claimed that he initially went to work nearby that night but was allowed to return home after 30 minutes.

He stated that he could still hear Haughey shouting from her home but could not remember what was said.

Mr Kavur later stated to the court: "I apologise if it was because the kids were crying or woke Miss Haughey up but it's something that I can't control."

The witness stated that he is in the process of moving out of the property.

Haughey - who represented herself at the trial - stated to her neighbour: "It was your opinion I was intoxicated when I appeared downstairs on a different level?"

Mr Kavur replied: "Yes."

Haughey: "Wow, you could get a job as a sniffer dog."

Haughey also put it to the witness that the damage to the door was not submitted into evidence after seven months to which Mr Kavur agreed.

PC Josh Kay, 27, earlier told the court that he attended Haughey's home around midnight and arrested her.

He said: "There was a lot of shouting, speaking to a boy who was at the property saying that she should have phoned the police first and if she did so she wouldn't have been arrested."

Haughey told the court in her evidence today that the entire incident did not happen.

She was asked why she made a comment of: "This is what happens when people come to your door" to the police on the night of the incident.

Haughey claimed that this referred to an earlier matter on another day.

Haughey stated that the allegations made by the couple were "lies" and "malicious."