Supermodel Naomi Campbell sentenced to 200 hours community service for Heathrow assault
Supermodel Naomi Campbell was today sentenced to 200 hours of community service after admitting kicking and spitting at Heathrow Airport police officers as she went “berserk” in a row over lost luggage.
The raging star had moments earlier launched into a foul-mouthed tirade against the plane’s Captain Miles Sutherland after being told that one of her bags containing an Yves Saint Laurent outift for a US TV show had gone missing at Terminal 5.
Ordering him to personally find her bag she screamed: “You are not leaving until you find my f****** bags”, before accusing him of being “racist”.
Today the model was sentenced to 200 hours community service by magistrates sitting at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court.
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She had pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting a police officer and one count of disorderly conduct likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress and using threatening, abusive words or behaviour to cabin crew.
Campbell was also ordered to pay ?200 to each police officer she attacked and ?150 compensation to Captain Sutherland.
She was also fined a total of ?1,300 – ?650 for disorderly conduct and another ?650 for abusing cabin staff as well as a ?15 surcharge.
In sentencing Campbell, chairman of the magistrates’ bench Peter Yiacoumi told her that they were giving her full credit for her pleas of guilty at the earliest opportunity and were taking into account her previous good character.
He said: “These offences are aggravated because they were committed within a lengthy incident in a confined space on an aircraft. Whilst we accept that the loss of your suitcase would have been stressful your subsequent behaviour cannot be justified.”
The court was earlier told that as police arrived to remove Campbell, who was refusing to leave the British Airways Los Angeles bound flight on April 3, she seemed to “completely lose control” accusing them of targeting her because she was “black and famous”.
Melanie Parrish, prosecuting, said: “She went berserk, thrashing her arms around uncontrollably and striking Pc John Eastick on the arm with her phone.”
Continuing to struggle violently Campbell threw her right leg back and thrust it forward, striking another male officer, Pc Charles Campling, on the thigh.
Miss Parrish added: “At the time she was wearing formidable platform boots with stiletto-style heels.”
As all the officers moved forward to try to remove her she was kicking out indiscriminately and caught Pc Eastick on the right shin and left thigh before slumping down into her seat.
The court heard she continued to shout and swear and then pulled her head back and threw it forward, spitting at Pc Eastick and catching him on the arm.
The officer told her he was arresting her for assault and she claimed she hadn’t spat at him and it had only occurred because she was wearing a brace.
Campbell then shouted at the officers: “It is because I am a black woman, you are all racists. I am going to sue you. I am going to f*** you,” and continued to kick out as they tried to remove her.
The court was told that the 38-year-old, who was a first class passenger on the Los Angeles bound flight, was at first very friendly and professional.
Miss Parrish told the court that things turned sour when Captain Sutherland told passengers that due to the new terminal’s teething problems not all the baggage had been loaded.
When Cpt Sutherland approached Campbell to apologise and see if he could help she got on her mobile phone and began to shout and swear at him.
As he walked away Campbell shouted after him: “You are a racist, you wouldn’t be doing this if I was white.”
On being asked to leave the aircraft Campbell refused and yelled: “F*** you, f*** you, Captain”, resulting in the police being called.
The court later adjourned to consider Campbell’s sentence.
source : mirror.co.uk
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