Bankrupt Katie Price quoted six-figure fee for car insurance after multiple driving offences

Katie Price has spoken retired astir her driving prohibition and shared the astronomical fees she is forced to wage for car insurance, with companies wanting a six fig interest upfront

TV personality Katie Price has revealed the staggering magnitude she pays successful car security aft being banned from driving aggregate times.

The bankrupt star, 46, is nary alien to committing roadworthy offences and has been ordered disconnected the roadworthy galore times since rising to fame successful the 1990s. Katie is present paying the terms for not behaving responsibly down the instrumentality arsenic insurers inquire her for sky-high premiums earlier they see insuring her.

The mum-of-five's astir notable driving transgression occurred successful September 2021 when she crashed her BMW successful West Sussex. Katie was banned for driving for 2 years aft the clang and besides handed a 16-week suspended jailhouse condemnation for drink-driving portion disqualified and without insurance.

During that tribunal appearance, the authoritative noted that Katie had 5 erstwhile driving bans. In March past year, the erstwhile glamour exemplary was fined £880 for driving without a licence oregon security aft a tribunal heard she was recognised by a constabulary serviceman astatine a petrol station.

Katie has present revealed her dodgy driving past means security companies are hesitant to instrumentality a accidental connected her but she inactive qualifies for car rental. "No security institution volition guarantee me, they privation £150,000 down, and £8,000 a month," Katie admits connected Rob Moore's Disruptors podcast.

Speaking antecedently astir her car security woes, Katie expressed her struggles successful obtaining security and accused companies of "discrimination" due to her unconventional occupation. She admitted to being quoted up to £73,000 earlier making adjustments to her application, which included changing her occupation.

"No security institution volition insure maine connected a caller car oregon thing flash, nothing," Katie said during a TikTok unrecorded league successful July 2023. "So I americium conscionable fortunate to beryllium connected the roadworthy successful the car I americium in, it's not the car I privation to beryllium driving but nary 1 volition insure me. I person to hold a twelvemonth to beryllium capable to get a caller [car] again."

She continued: "The quotes I had for my security connected a mean car that is £15k was £73k, 1 was £53k and 1 was £33k, and they were my quotes due to the fact that nary 1 other would insure maine due to the fact that of who I am. It's favoritism due to the fact that if idiosyncratic other had the aforesaid arsenic maine and they had a mean job, they wouldn't complaint that much, it's mode much than the car."

Discussing however she managed to trim the dizzying fees, Katie disclosed: "Then I changed it to writer and the security is £14k for a twelvemonth but it's inactive not the car I want. I don't care. I americium connected the roadworthy truthful it is what it is. I shouldn't person done what I did, truthful you person to wage the price. So successful a years' clip I volition get the car I privation and until past I americium grateful."

The two-time I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! star's astir caller quality successful tribunal connected driving offences came astir successful March 2024 erstwhile Katie was good for driving without a valid licence oregon insurance. Magistrates sitting successful Northampton recovered Katie blameworthy of the offences aft being shown CCTV footage of the model, wearing achromatic slippers, stepping retired of the driver’s broadside of her bronze-coloured Range Rover.

Katie had antecedently denied some motoring charges. But 3 magistrates recovered Katie blameworthy successful her lack aft a little proceedings successful March, imposing an £880 good and ordering her to wage £620 successful costs and a £352 unfortunate surcharge. Finding Katie blameworthy and imposing the fine, seat of the seat Neil Sheppard said: "From the grounds we person been shown, the lawsuit is proven against Miss Price."

Magistrates were told Katie has galore erstwhile convictions for motoring offences, including driving portion disqualified successful 2019 and 2021. The March 2024 tribunal quality came conscionable weeks aft a a High Court justice ruled that Katie volition suffer astir fractional of her monthly income from big amusement website OnlyFans for the adjacent 3 years – aft she was declared bankrupt successful November 2019.

Katie was handed 8 punishment points connected her licence, which was said successful tribunal to beryllium "expired" aft a "medical stop" was placed connected it successful April past year. The tribunal was told Katie was caught connected CCTV astatine an M&S petrol presumption forecourt connected the greeting of August 2 2023, wherever constabulary officers lasting adjacent the entranceway saw her conveyance propulsion up astatine 1 of the pumps.

Opening the facts of the lawsuit against Katie, authoritative Cheryl Burridge said: "Officers were connected a mobile patrol and they stopped astatine the work station. “They saw a conveyance pulling into the work presumption by the substance pump. She (Price) has exited the conveyance with an chartless antheral and a child."

As Katie and the antheral walked from the conveyance into the services past the officers, the tribunal heard, she was recognised and they "believed her to beryllium disqualified from driving". Although Katie was not taxable to a driving ban, the tribunal heard she did not person a valid licence owed to the "stop" enactment connected it, aft an exertion for renewal was withdrawn.

It besides emerged that Katie near the services successful the Range Rover, with the chartless antheral astatine the wheel, and was not stopped due to the fact that constabulary had not witnessed her driving the vehicle. After Katie had near the services, the tribunal heard, officers reviewed footage showing her getting retired of the driver’s spot and instigated transgression proceedings.

In a connection work to the tribunal by the prosecutor, Pc Harrison Beverley said: "During this connection I volition notation to a pistillate who is known arsenic Katie Price. I was extracurricular the beforehand of the shops, speaking with effect police. I did not spot her (Price) driving. I recognised her arsenic a media personality."

The serviceman added that helium had reviewed CCTV footage astatine the petrol presumption and had seen a pistillate "believed to beryllium Price" measurement retired of the driver’s broadside of the Range Rover. A marker was past placed connected the conveyance aft machine checks disclosed that Katie had an expired licence and was not covered with valid insurance.

On the time of the offences, the tribunal heard, Katie was wearing a distinctive achromatic and achromatic apical and achromatic slippers. Magistrates were told the erstwhile suspended condemnation imposed connected Katie had nary effect successful the existent proceedings, and that she was fixed 3 punishment points successful November 2023 for speeding.

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