Kerry Katona pleads GUILTY to failing to send her child to school

KERRY Katona has today pleaded guilty to failing to send her child to school. The former Atomic Kitten singer didn’t attend court and the plea was lodged on her behalf. She had originally denied the charge at Brighton and Hove Magistrates Court earlier this year – but this morning admitted it. It is the second […]

KERRY Katona has today pleaded guilty to failing to send her child to school.

The former Atomic Kitten singer didn’t attend court and the plea was lodged on her behalf.

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Kerry Katona admitted failing to send her child to school in court this morning[/caption]

She had originally denied the charge at Brighton and Hove Magistrates Court earlier this year – but this morning admitted it.

It is the second time Katona has been accused of the same charge after she took her family on holiday to Barbados in 2017 and failed to pay a fine but she insisted it was their dad who had planned the trip.

The 38-year-old had objected in the previous hearing 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.

Katona, of Crowborough, East Sussex, was due at Brighton Magistrates’ Court this morning but did not attend in person.

Katona, who has been married three times, recently appeared on Celebs Go Dating.

She first got hitched in 2002 to Westlife star Brian McFadden, then five years later married taxi driver Mark Croft.

Her last marriage was to George Kay, who she briefly dated at school, in 2014 but they split in 2017.

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Kerry Katona’s case was heard in court today over her child’s school attendance[/caption]

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Katona was in the pop group Atomic Kitten from 1998-2001, and again 2012-2017[/caption]

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