Ingrid Tarrant fined over parking ticket row

Ingrid Tarrant has been fined £2, 700 over her dealings with a police officer about a parking ticket.

Chris Tarrant’s ex-wife had to be chased for two miles, wrestled to the ground and handcuffed after pc Peter Groves confronted her when she parked her car at a bus stop, Staines Magistrates' Court heard.

She denied charges of failing to stop for a Pc, causing an unnecessary obstruction, resisting a Pc and willfully obstructing a Pc during the incident in Cobham, Surrey on Christmas Eve.

Tarrant had to pay £1, 200 costs following the two-day trial.

In February 2007, she was granted a divorce from her presenter ex at London’s High Court.