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| Katie Price admits shouting abuse in Shipley school playground | Katie Price admits shouting abuse in Shipley school playground |
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| Katie Price has admitted shouting a "tirade of abuse" at her ex-husband's new partner in a school playground. | |
| The former model was due to stand trial over the incident which happened in Shipley, West Sussex, on 6 September. | The former model was due to stand trial over the incident which happened in Shipley, West Sussex, on 6 September. |
| She had originally denied using threatening, abusive, words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress to Kieran Hayler's girlfriend. | |
| But Price, 41, of near Horsham, changed her plea at the town's magistrates' court earlier. | |
| The row with Michelle Penticost - who is dating Mr Hayler - and Ms Penticost's friend Andrea Quigley happened in the playground of a primary school near Price's home. | |
| Paul Edwards, prosecuting, told the court that during the row, Price was witnessed hurling a "tirade of abuse" and swore multiple times at both women. | |
| Paul Macauley, defending, claimed the outburst was prompted by Price's recent discovery of Ms Penticost's relationship with Mr Hayler. | |
| Magistrates have retired to deliberate her sentence. | |
| Earlier this year, Price revealed she had been "self-medicating" with cocaine for about six months, after what she said had been an "awful year" in 2018. | Earlier this year, Price revealed she had been "self-medicating" with cocaine for about six months, after what she said had been an "awful year" in 2018. |
| In an interview with the Victoria Derbyshire programme, she spoke about her mother's terminal illness, splitting from her husband and being held at gunpoint in South Africa. | In an interview with the Victoria Derbyshire programme, she spoke about her mother's terminal illness, splitting from her husband and being held at gunpoint in South Africa. |