AIBU to think Katie Price is clearly above the law.

[Justmebeingme245]

A suspended sentence? One day she will kill someone.

@OneRuleForThem

I just feel like some people are harsher because it’s specifically her. There are also people who have done way more than this who aren’t famous and never been jailed for anything, so I don’t particularly understand the “just because she’s famous” point of view used previously by someone??

As I said before, please find people with equally bad driving records who have avoided prison and start a thread on them. We'll all be there.

Without wishing to derail I've just been reading about Alan Carr's alcoholic husband. What a terrible thing alcoholism is. I feel so so sorry for AC.

"Nor does she has a 'bond' with Harvey. She does put on a very good act of pretending she has a bond with him though."

No that is real. As a parent of a similar young person I can see it in his reaction to and interactions with her. Whatever else she has done wrong, she is good with him.

[quote OneRuleForThem]@DismantledKing
That’s bollocks. Name one person that’s ‘done more than her’ but has never been jailed.

I can’t name a person because they’re not famous people, I don’t know their names. Have you never read the local news where an article reports on someone who has had absolutely loads of previous mishaps but did not go to jail for them and not jailed for that one either? I just feel like it’s because people already have a prior dislike towards her and are now judging her more harshly because of this what has happened . I’m not responding anymore on this thread from tonight, too many questions[/quote]
"Mishaps"? A "mishap" is taking a corner too fast, or a child running out into the road. These aren't "mishaps", it is deliberate and reckless disregard for the law. You don't accidentally get into a car while disqualified and under the influence.

As I said before, please find people with equally bad driving records who have avoided prison and start a thread on them. We'll all be there.

There are some people out there who have been able to keep driving despite accruing an alarming number of points. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39053658

I don't agree that we're being harsh just because it's Katie Price though. She's clearly a danger to other road users and doesn't care whether she's allowed to drive or not. She's proven that a driving ban isn't enough to stop her getting behind the wheel.

On the other hand, you could say we are being harsh because she's Katie Price who has lived in the media and press, because otherwise would we be hearing about each and every offense?

I'm harsh and angry because I know about it.

I'm angry about Ant because I know about it, I'm a bit less angry about him, because I have only heard about 1 offense, and that's slightly less bad than 9 (times caught, god alone knows how many times she wasn't caught)

I just feel like it’s because people already have a prior dislike towards her and are now judging her more harshly because of this what has happened

I would judge anyone harshly if they had been banned from driving seven times in ten years. Her license should be removed for life.

@Spikeyball

"Nor does she has a 'bond' with Harvey. She does put on a very good act of pretending she has a bond with him though."

No that is real. As a parent of a similar young person I can see it in his reaction to and interactions with her. Whatever else she has done wrong, she is good with him.

Spot on.

I agree, @CariadWelshcake. Harvey has very complex needs and couldn’t fake their close relationship for the cameras. He truly adores and trusts her, she has parented him well, whatever her other faults.

She didn’t think about Harvey when she was shoving it up her nose. I remember a documentary on her when Harvey was a baby- I was interested as DD is a similar age. Harvey was in the process of being diagnosed and her poor Mum was on bits. Katie was nonchalant about the whole thing. She’s always excusing her actions as poor mental health yet has proven tone and tone again she’d rather put men and partying above her kids.

I agree @Grapewrath she often has many long 2 week holidays without her kids. I couldn't do that myself. Too long.

"I remember a documentary on her when Harvey was a baby- I was interested as DD is a similar age. Harvey was in the process of being diagnosed and her poor Mum was on bits. Katie was nonchalant about the whole thing"

So not getting hysterical means doesn't care about your child? I wonder if you have any experience. I am guessing not.

@Grapewrath

She didn’t think about Harvey when she was shoving it up her nose. I remember a documentary on her when Harvey was a baby- I was interested as DD is a similar age. Harvey was in the process of being diagnosed and her poor Mum was on bits. Katie was nonchalant about the whole thing. She’s always excusing her actions as poor mental health yet has proven tone and tone again she’d rather put men and partying above her kids.

Children like Harvey don’t need parents who become hysterical when the like of a diagnosis or further diagnosis is going on.

They need something completely different and a persons upset is usually best kept for private moments.

@Grapewrath is right though. She doesn't think of any of her kids when she's driving drunk and drugged and breaking bans, so I won't feel sympathetic if she can't drive herself to see Harvey because of a ban. She did that, nobody else.

I don't know if she is a great mum to Harvey, with DC like Harvey they're very loyal and attached to their main carer regardless of the situation, he isn't aware of her lifestyle choices.
My DS goes into hulk mode, the school calls me as he'll hear me no matter how zoned out he is.
Her photographs from Turkey with Harvey attempting sexy poses, exposing him to press.
Plus her mucky mansion it had as much dog shit as it did grass with 5 DC.
She uses MH as an excuse when she messes up, she is selfish, she could have checked into the clinic anytime before this.

Didn’t Harvey ask to go into a residential home rather than stay with her?

Funny how she can afford to go straight to the Priory but cant pay her long-overdue court fees. Strange how she can go on all these holidays, but cant pay all those contractors she owes money to.

She hasn’t learnt from her past crimes and it’s highly unlikely she ever will, as long as she can stick two fingers up at the rest of society.

A lifetime ban should have been imposed, regardless of her convenient (and very expensive) trip to the Priory. She has proven time after time that she is a high risk driver. What will it take?

"Didn’t Harvey ask to go into a residential home rather than stay with her?"

Harvey is a young adult attending residential college like many other young adults with a learning disability. He will then presumably live in supported living like many other adults with a learning disability. That is what I want for my teenager with a learning disability. Why would Harvey want to stay with his mum for life anymore than any other young adult would? I think the problem is some people think of adults with a severe learning disability as children. They are not.

Following. She is above the law that's why she keeps doing it and she knows it. Next time she'll kill someone. If that was you or me OP we'd be behind bars.

@Sockwomble

"Didn’t Harvey ask to go into a residential home rather than stay with her?"

Harvey is a young adult attending residential college like many other young adults with a learning disability. He will then presumably live in supported living like many other adults with a learning disability. That is what I want for my teenager with a learning disability. Why would Harvey want to stay with his mum for life anymore than any other young adult would? I think the problem is some people think of adults with a severe learning disability as children. They are not.

Spot on.

I suspect people don’t realise the work that’s put in on youngsters as they’re growing up in order to introduce the idea of leaving home when the time comes if that’s what’s planned for them.