Katona arrested over assault claims

KERRY Katona was in a police cell last night awaiting questioning over claims she attacked a man.

The troubled reality television star was arrested on suspicion of committing assault, criminal damage and a public order offence, police sources said.

Katona, 28, was arrested in Warrington yesterday afternoon by Cheshire Police, who cautioned her for possessing cocaine only a few days ago.

The mother of four’s arrest comes after being filmed by a newspaper snorting cocaine and losing a six-figure advertising contract as a consequence.

A police spokesman said: “At approximately 3.50pm on Wednesday, August 26, Cheshire Police attended a premises on Hawthorne Business Park in Warrington following a report of an assault.

“A 28-year-old woman from the Wilmslow area has been arrested on suspicion of assault, criminal damage and a public order offence.”

Only on Sunday the former winner of ITV’s I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! apologised to fans for her behaviour.

She told a newspaper she was “ashamed” of her drug taking.

“I know I let everyone down – my fans, my family and people I work with,” she was reported as saying.

In 2002, Katona married Westlife singer Brian McFadden and had two children with the Irishman.

But the couple split two years later.