Katie Price has been photographed behind the wheel of her £60,000 Hummer that appears to be using a fake number plate – while driving again after a two-year suspension.
The former glamor model, 44, was slapped with a 16-week suspended sentence and banned from the road in 2021 after admitting to driving under the influence of alcohol while disqualified and without insurance, following an accident near her home in Sussex.
She had overturned her car on the B2135 near Horsham on 28 September while driving to meet a friend. Price immediately checked into The Priory after the arrest, and has done so completed her court-appointed rehabilitation order.
Price was not allowed back on the road until Friday, and two days later she was seen driving her 15-foot black Hummer with the registration number ‘X 22 KP X’ – details of which cannot be found in the government’s vehicle investigation database, which suggests it may be illegal.
The plate is also on sale, with different spacing between the letters – ‘X22 KPX’ – for £499 on the government’s DVLA registry website.
Price had been seen being picked up in a black Hummer that used a different number plate two weeks earlier, on April 3. The plate on the vehicle was first registered with the DVLA in November 2007 and carries a current MOT.
Katie Price was pictured on Sunday driving her black Hummer with license plates coded ‘X 22 KP X’ – the details of which cannot be found in the government database
April 3: Two weeks earlier, the prize had been seen being picked up in the Hummer using a legitimate license plate
Price was not allowed back on the road until Friday, and she was seen two days later in her 15-foot black Hummer.
A Price representative has been contacted for comment.
Her sister Sophie told MailOnline: “We are delighted that the Mail Online team took the time to go on the government website to check Kate’s number plate.”
Drivers can be fined up to £1,000 and their vehicle will fail the MOT if they drive with incorrectly displayed number plates.
The penalty for using an unmodified driver’s license from another vehicle, according to government guidelines, should be a fine consisting of ‘100% of relevant weekly income’.
Using a counterfeit or modified license for your own use can also result in a fine.
But vehicle fraud or registration fraud is anyway a crime that can lead to a prison sentence of two years if tried on indictment.
The vehicle was fitted with a number plate with the code ‘X 22 KP X’ – the details of which cannot be found in the government’s Vehicle Intelligence Service database
The license plate cannot be found when searching the government vehicle information service database
The plate is also available for sale with different spaces between the letters – ‘X22 KPX’ – on a number of websites, for a whopping £499 on the DVLA registrations website.
A person is guilty of an offense under the Vehicle Accise and Registration Act 1994 if he or she forges, fraudulently modifies, fraudulently uses, fraudulently lends or fraudulently use by another person (including replacement trade decal).
Price was also pictured wearing footwear as she returned to riding.
The highway code says nothing specific about driving without shoes, but Rule 97 says, “You must ensure that clothing and footwear do not prevent you from using the controls properly.”
In December 2021, Price offered a fawning apology after avoiding jail for her drug and drink-induced car accident.
The vehicle was fitted with a number plate with the code ‘X 22 KP X’ – the details of which cannot be found in the government’s Vehicle Intelligence Service database
In 2021, she was given a 16-week suspended sentence and ban after admitting to driving under the influence of alcohol while disqualified and without insurance following an accident near her home in Sussex.
The former glamor model, 44, was photographed in sliders on Monday as she returned to driving after a two-year driving ban (old photo pictured)
In December 2021, Katie issued a rude apology after avoiding jail for her drug and drink-induced car crash
She said she was “incredibly sorry” and that she was working hard to deal with her mental health issues.
She said: “It’s been a very difficult time and I’m incredibly sorry for my actions – I’m genuinely thankful no one was hurt.”
The mother of five added: “I spend time getting better – mental health is a hidden disease and can strike at any time.”
Campaigners were furious after she left court at the time, despite crashing her Range Rover near her home in Sussex in September while on her fifth driving ban.
She told police at the scene, “I did drugs. I shouldn’t be driving. I admit it all.”
But she escaped with a 16-week suspended sentence for drunk driving after going into rehab.
Katie crashed her BMW while double the drink-driving limit after leaving her house to allegedly hunt for drugs during a late-night alcohol and cocaine binge and was subsequently arrested before pleading guilty in court.
The model did not have a driver’s license at the time after being banned for two years in October 2019 – and has been banned from the road a total of six times.
The three charges were operating a motor vehicle in a public place without third-party insurance; driving while unable to drive due to drink; and driving while disqualified. Katie was taken to hospital but is not believed to have been seriously injured.
The star is mum to Junior, 16, and Princess, 14, who she shares with Peter Andre, as well as Jett, eight, and Bunny, seven, with ex-husband Kieran Hayler and Harvey, 18, with Dwight Yorke.
