Katie Price is arrested at Heathrow Airport last night after returning to the UK from Turkey

Katie Price watches as her son Harvey is helped by a Heathrow assistance worker last night

Katie Price is arrested at Heathrow Airport last night after returning to the UK from Turkey

Katie Price watches as her son Harvey is helped by a Heathrow assistance worker last night

Harvey is helped by a Heathrow assistance worker after Price arrived at the airport last night

Katie Price is arrested at Heathrow Airport last night after returning to the UK from Turkey

A wheelchair at London Heathrow last night as assistance workers helped Price’s son Harvey

Katie Price is arrested at Heathrow Airport last night after returning to the UK from Turkey

Price was aware she would be detained at the airport but had asked police that they ‘allow some dignity and protection’ for Harvey, claiming it would be ‘extremely disturbing for him to see’.

In a statement posted to Instagram earlier this week, Price claimed she had been in Turkey filming a documentary.

She said on return from work, she would be ‘detained at the airport’ which is what the ‘courts feel is necessary.’

Discussing her son Harvey, Price asked that authorities ‘allow some dignity and protection for at least his sake as this will be extremely disturbing for him to see’.

While acknowledging the ‘severity’ of the matter, Price said she was being treated ‘like a criminal’ and declared the ‘unfortunate financial circumstance’ did not make her a ‘criminal or bad person’.

Defiantly, Price said she was ‘not embarrassed or ashamed’ regarding the arrest.

She explained that her bankruptcy was due to ‘serious mental health issues and breakdowns from PTSD’.

She added that she would be paying back debtors and hoped for ‘Harvey’s sake it’s handled with care and compassion’.

Her statement came after she was ordered to pay £25,000 after being declared bankrupt twice.

A judge at a previous hearing said Price risked arrest if she did not attend further court dates, adding evidence must be provided if she could not appear.

Issuing the arrest warrant , Judge Burton said she had ‘failed to attend today’s hearing’ and had provided no explanation for her absence.

She said: ‘It is in my judgment necessary that the court issue a warrant for Ms Price’s arrest.

She continued: ‘The reason for her absence today is irrelevant.’

Judge Burton said that an arrest warrant was not issued ‘lightly’ but that Price had offered only ‘piecemeal co-operation’ and failed to provide the ‘most basic information’ in relation to her bankruptcies.

Confirming Price’s arrest yesterday, a Metropolitan Police spokesperson told MailOnline: ‘A 46-year-old woman from Surrey was arrested at Heathrow Airport at 7.45hrs on Thursday, 8 August for failing to appear at court.

‘She has been remanded in custody at a west London police station to appear at the Royal Courts of Justice tomorrow, Friday, 9 August.’

Previously, she was served an eviction notice that ordered her to leave her ‘Mucky Mansion’ by the end of May and has since moved into a £5,000 per month new Tudor-style property.