Chris Tarrant’s former wife Ingrid was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed after trying to run from police following a parking ticket row, a court heard.
Ingrid Tarrant was in court today as police described how she tried to run from the parking ticketThe 55-year-old ex of the Who Wants To Be a Millionaire presenter was approached by police on Christmas Eve after parking in a bus stop.
But instead of facing the officers, Ingrid sped off in her silver Saab, leaving her daughter Thea on the pavement, and became locked in a car chase for two miles before being cornered at red traffic lights.
She then jumped out of her car and tried to run but was hauled to the ground where she was handcuffed despite fighting furiously with the officers.
Ingrid, who is said to have received £12.5 million from her divorce settlement with Chris, sat in Kingston Crown Court today and sobbed as the story was told by PC Peter Groves.
She sat behind her lawyer Peter Lodder, QC, as PC Groves told how he tried to write Mrs Tarrant a ticket while she said: ‘You lot are as bad as traffic wardens – get a life’, and started the engine.
He continued: ‘I shouted to the driver to stop and I put my hand in front of her windscreen. I was repeatedly shouting ‘stop’ and banging on the windscreen as the car continued to move forward.
‘I wasn’t sure why the driver had disobeyed my directions and why it all happened in the first place. From a simple parking offence. I was in disbelief really.’
Mrs Tarrant was convicted for parking in a bus stop, failing to stop for a police officer, obstructing a police officer and resisting arrest – totalling a fine of £2,700 and ordered to pay £1,200 in costs.
She is now appealing against the conviction and sentence and the hearing will last two days before a decision on the appeal is made.
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