Katie Price arrested at Heathrow Airport for failing to attend court

Katie Price has been arrested at Heathrow Airport after failing to appear at court.

Price, 46, from Surrey, was arrested at the airport on her return to the UK.

The former glamour model has been remanded in custody at a west London police station to appear at the Royal Courts Of Justice on Friday.

The Metropolitan Police said: “A 46-year-old woman from Surrey was arrested at Heathrow Airport at 19:45hrs on Thursday, August 8 for failing to appear at court.

“She has been remanded in custody at a west London police station to appear at the Royal Courts of Justice tomorrow, Friday, August 9.”

It comes after an arrest warrant was issued by a judge after she failed to attend a hearing relating to her bankruptcies.

Price was declared bankrupt in November 2019 and again in March this year.

At a hearing in February, she was ordered to pay 40% of her monthly income from the adult entertainment website OnlyFans to the trustee for the next three years, in relation to her first bankruptcy.

She was then declared bankrupt for a second time in March due to an unpaid tax bill worth more than £750,000 owed to HM Revenue and Customs.

Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Catherine Burton said Price had received “very clear warnings” that she must attend the hearing on July 30.

Price was due to face questions about her finances in the specialist bankruptcy court in London from barristers representing the trustee of her two bankruptcies.

A judge at a previous hearing said the former glamour model risked arrest if she did not attend further court dates, adding that evidence must be provided if she could not appear.

But the court heard it had been reported that Price had travelled to Turkey.

Issuing the arrest warrant, Judge Burton said that Price had “failed to attend today’s hearing” and had provided no explanation for her absence.

She said: “It is in my judgment necessary that the court issue a warrant for Ms Price’s arrest.

“She has no real excuse in failing to attend today’s hearing.”

The judge continued: “The reason for her absence today is irrelevant.”

Judge Burton said that an arrest warrant was not issued “lightly”, but that Price had offered only “piecemeal co-operation” and failed to provide the “most basic information” in relation to her bankruptcies.

Published: 08/08/2024 by Radio NewsHub