Katie Price could be arrested and sent to prison if she keeps missing bankruptcy hearings, a court has heard.

The former glamour model was declared bankrupt in November 2019 and again this March over an unpaid tax bill. She missed that hearing because she was "dealing with serious stuff".

On Friday, the 45-year-old did not appear at a specialist bankruptcy court in London to answer further questions about her finances. Less than 24 hours before the hearing at the High Court, Price provided evidence saying she could not attend for medical reasons, which a judge described as "scanty".

At the hearing that still went ahead in her absence, she was told she could be arrested for contempt of court, which can carry a prison sentence of up to two years, if she does not have a good enough excuse for missing future dates. Ahead of Friday's hearing, her personal assistant sent a statement from a consultant psychiatrist saying she had anxiety and depression, meaning she could not attend and asked for it to be delayed at least six months.

Barristers for the trustees of Ms Price's first bankruptcy asked the judge to order she attend in person for the next hearing and said she should be "on notice" that she could be arrested if she did not turn up. Darragh Connell, representing the trustees, told the court there could be "severe consequences.