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Katie Price fans are all saying the same thing after she swerves jail and ‘gets off’ with suspended sentence
KATIE Price's fans were today stunned to learn she won't go to prison for drink-driving while disqualified and without insurance.
The mum-of-five has been handed a 16-week suspended jail sentence following a crash near her home in Sussex.
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The former glamour model, 43, was also banned from driving for two years over the collision on the B2135 near Partridge Green on September 28.
She was driving to visit a nearby friend when the crash occurred at around 6.20am, Crawley Magistrates' Court heard previously.
Following the collision, she told police: "I took drugs, I should not be driving, I admit it all".
The TV star was arrested at the scene and taken to hospital.
Today the former glamour model was spared jail and given a sentence of 16 weeks suspended for 12 months, 100 hours of unpaid work, 20 sessions of rehabilitation work with probation, and a two-year driving ban.
Following the court's decision, Katie's critics shared their outrage on Twitter.
One fan fumed: "Katie price avoids jail… UNBELIEVABLE.
"The litany of traffic offences she has been charged with is a DISGRACE!!! U or I would be in jail. Mockery of the system."
Another said: "The Judicial system in this Country is a f****n joke, How quickly would they lock me up if I snorted drugs and was drunk then got behind the wheel of a car, even when banned from driving?"
One more raged: "Proof if u r famous you get preferential treatment #KatiePrice 5 times banned and STILL drinking and driving. Disgraceful."
And another asked: "With her precons and the circs of this incident it's unbelievable she wasn't locked up. And it's not about celebrity.
"George Michael was jailed for less. Is gender an issue? 🤔."
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Late pop star George was jailed for eight weeks in 2010 after he crashed his car into a branch of Snappy Snaps while high on cannabis.
Before her sentencing, Katie's friends said she was "adamant she will avoid prison" and was preparing for a family Christmas.
Sources said she believed her mum Amy’s battle with lung disease and son Harvey’s disability would help her swerve jail.
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One pal said: “She is happily planning Christmas. All of her plans for next year are intact. Some of those close to her are worried she is in denial about the situation she is in.
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"When she is asked, her response is that she has been to The Priory, and they will let her off because her family — Amy and Harvey — need her.
“But the crimes she has admitted are serious and some are concerned she is burying her head in the sand.”
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