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Katie Price "feels invincible" after having her sixth driving ban in 10 years reduced.
The 44-year-old, who was recently photographed behind the wheel of an uninsured and untaxed car, was handed a driving ban and suspended sentence after a single-car crash near her Sussex home in September 2021.
She plead guilty to drink-driving while disqualified and without insurance after the accident. District Judge Kelly handed the former glamour model a 16-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months, a two-year driving ban and 100 hours of community service.
During her sentencing, District Judge Amanda Kelly told her: "I cannot send you to jail today even though you may deserve to spend Christmas behind bars.
"You are extremely lucky the magistrates on a previous occasion decided to defer their decision."
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Katie's sentencing was deferred from September until December 2021 to allow her to have treatment at the Priory Centre.
However, after having her 24 month disqualification reduced by 24 weeks, Katie is able to drive once more.
She has already reportedly treated herself to a £60,000 Hummer vehicle as the driving ban is like a "weight lifted off her shoulders".
A source told the Mirror: "Katie has finally got her driving license back after a two year ban.
Katie Price is back behind the wheel (GC Images)
The model is 'relieved' to have the ban lifted (GC Images)"Katie feels relived to finally have her license back
"She feels as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders."
However, the source claimed how Katie "always seems to get in trouble" but in the source's opinion her celebrity status means she feels "invincible".
They said: "Katie always seems to get herself in trouble. Because of her celebrity status she thinks she’s invincible."
Katie has been incredibly open about her drink-drive arrest and, in September 2022, and said getting behind the wheel was a "terrible mistake".
Katie Price's driving ban has been lifted early (PA)The former glamour model said she had been struggling with her mental health before the crash and "didn't care if she lived or died".
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But, she added: "I could have killed myself.
"I could have killed someone else. I deserved to be punished, enough was enough.
"Getting in the car was a terrible mistake I’m so sorry for. That was a prime example of me having been triggered and not knowing how to handle it, an example of me spiralling out of control because I needed help."
Katie also says her PTSD comes after a lifetime of trauma – including three kidnap threats, being held at gunpoint in South Africa and scarring relationships with men. She says everything went downhill after she split from first husband Peter Andre in 2009.
She said she will now be in therapy for the rest of her life.
Katie added: "Therapy is probably what I needed for a long time. I was poorly. Mental health is cruel, people don’t understand it."