Kerry Katona due in court today after ‘failing to send her child to school’
KERRY Katona is due in court today accused of failing to send her child to school. The former Atomic Kitten singer denied the charge when she appeared at Brighton and Hove Magistrates Court earlier this year. At that hearing in March the court heard Katona will represent herself at trial. The 38-year-old objected after members […]
KERRY Katona is due in court today accused of failing to send her child to school.
The former Atomic Kitten singer denied the charge when she appeared at Brighton and Hove Magistrates Court earlier this year.
At that hearing in March the court heard Katona will represent herself at trial.
The 38-year-old objected after members of the press challenged a reporting restriction in the case.
The restriction would have prevented the singer from being named as the defendant in court and the charge she was facing.
She argued her child’s attendance at school was a “private matter” and a defence lawyer said the publicity would have an adverse effect on Katona.
But magistrates ruled she could be identified as the defendant in the case and amended the order so it could be reported.
She pleaded not guilty to failing to send one of her five children to school between April and November last year.
Katona, of Crowborough, East Sussex, is due at Brighton Magistrates’ Court today.
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