Katie Price denies drink driving in her pink 4x4 car
FORMER glamour model Katie Price has denied being almost twice the legal alcohol limit while legally in charge of a pink Range Rover.
The 40-year-old, of Horsham, Surrey, who is accused of being drunk in charge of a motor vehicle on October 10 last year, appeared at Bromley magistrates court yesterday.
Police found Price in charge of the stationary vehicle at 1.40am at Shooter’s Hill in Greenwich, south-east London, the court heard.
A man in a block of flats reported an “accident of some sort” had happened involving his parked black car, which had pink paint on when he later inspected it, District Judge Nigel Dean told the hearing.
CCTV footage appeared to show the Range Rover was in the vicinity of his vehicle, he added.
It is alleged Price had 69 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes.
Wearing a grey fur coat, blue jeans and black stilettos, Price spoke only to deny the charge and give her name, address and date of birth.
Judge Dean said Price will rely on the defence that “there was no likelihood of driving while the level of alcohol exceeded the proscribed limit”.
She asked if she could not divulge her address in court because she did not want press knowing where she lived. When the judge insisted her address be revealed, Price asked journalists not to print it.
The Metropolitan Police previously said she had been charged by postal requisition on December 10 and told to appear at the court yesterday.
It follows her arrest in Woolwich, south-east London, in October after officers saw her car by the roadside, which showed signs of damage.
Price was bailed to attend Bexley magistrates court on February 25 when her trial will start.