Katie Price facing police summons after telling cops to ‘email her’ and repeatedly refusing to answer questions over speeding ban
KATIE Price is to be slapped with an official police summons for allegedly driving while banned – after cops lost patience with the star’s failure to contact them.
The troubled mum-of-five, 40, was pictured at the wheel of a Ford Fiesta in July, while still barred from the roads after picking up 12 points for speeding.
The photographs sparked a police probe, but Katie has so far made it difficult for officers to question her about the incident – batting away their efforts to discuss the matter informally.
Now cops have begun the process of officially forcing her to attend an interview and account for her behaviour.
A source said: “The police have been extremely patient – they have made several approaches asking her to talk to them about the matter and been fobbed off repeatedly.
“On one occasion she even asked them to email her. But their patience has worn thin now and the officers involved have begun the formal process of bringing her in for questioning.
“If she doesn’t respond to this, she will find herself in serious hot water.”
A police spokesman confirmed: "A woman who was reported for driving while disqualified has spoken to police, but failed to attend a meeting with officers on September 28 to discuss the matter."
Katie is currently undergoing a rehab programme after sliding back into drug and booze abuse – sparking fears for her welfare among those close to her.
But she is still allowed to leave the clinic in the evenings to care for her children, though is forbidden from social media and has had her phone confiscated.
Doctors will haul her in for residential treatment if she is considered a threat to herself, or fails to follow strict clinic rules.
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Katie was banned from driving for a second time in February after she was clocked by cops doing more than 60pmh in her purple Land Rover near her country house.
She was then caught driving with her two youngest children in car, choosing to confess to police after she was alerted to pictures of her on the 24-mile journey home from Gatwick.