Katie Jarvis EastEnders

The 30-year-old had previously denied the allegations but changed her plea on the first day of her trial.

No evidence about these was put before the court, and Jarvis is due to be sentenced only for the two counts she admitted. In 2019, she was reported to be working as a security guard for variety retailer B&M in Romford in east London. Judge Samantha Leigh bailed Jarvis to return to the court on Wednesday to be sentenced.

Ex- EastEnders star Katie Jarvis, who played Hayley Slater in the soap from 2018 to 2019, has admitted common assault and racially aggravated harassment ...

Jarvis had previously also pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault by beating during the incident. The actress quit the soap in 2019 and was later revealed to be working as a security guard at B&M in Romford after leaving the BBC One soap. Cyrus Shroff, prosecuting, said the victim “was in the position to allow a child to use the toilet in the bar”, and Jarvis accepts “spitting at the ground but not in his direction.”

Now, the 30-year-old has admitted to the charges, pleading guilty at Basildon Crown Court on Tuesday, which was due to be the first day of her trial. She was ...

"When I was 17 and I got found for (award-winning 2009 film) Fish Tank I was doing the doughnuts with my uncle at the time at festivals, and things like that. She was bailed and is due to appear in court on Wednesday for sentencing. The actress had also been charged with two counts of assault by beating, which she denies.

Before she was cast as Hayley Slater on the BBC soap Eastenders, Katie Jarvis starred in the award winning film Fish Tank.

It was quite nasty - to be made to feel degraded is wrong. Jarvis had previously denied the two offences, however changed her pleas to guilty on the day that was due to be the first day of her trial. She was born in Dagenham, East London, on 22 June 1991. “She has been arrested on suspicion of assault and racially aggravated public order.” Talking to the Victoria Derbyshire Show about the negative attention she was receiving, Jarvis said that she felt “ashamed” when she saw the story about her working at B&M. She said that she got the call saying she got the part on her birthday, where she “cried my eyes out”.

Former EastEnders actress Katie Jarvis, who played Hayley Slater in the soap, has been sentenced today after admitting racially aggravated harassment and ...

Jarvis, who had been out celebrating that day with friends, says that after she got in argument with the women, they shouted "black lives matter", to which she responded, "black lives don't matter, all lives matter". Yesterday Mr Shroff said the victim “was in the position to allow a child to use the toilet in the bar”, and Jarvis accepts “spitting at the ground but not in his direction.” In mitigation, Harte said Jarvis is "sorry for the people who heard awful language that day" and sorry to the doorman who was "simply doing his job." Jarvis was told she could not use the chair, and the argument escalated, to the point Jarvis shouted “black lives don’t matter anyway”, and said: “black c***s, I’m a celebrity.” Jarvis was "shouting and swearing" that she had been "jumped on by black "b****es"," Mr Shroff said. The chaotic scene started at around 7.30pm, after Jarvis got in an argument with four women who were sitting at a fish and chip restaurant on the Eastern Esplanade, and she tried to take a chair which one of the group was going to use.

Actress, who played Hayley Slater on soap, changed pleas to guilty on what would have been first day of trial following incident in Southend-on-Sea.

Jarvis’s portrayal of the role won her a British Independent Film award. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. In an interview with Victoria Derbyshire in October that year, Jarvis said she had felt “degraded”, “really embarrassed” and “quite ashamed” by coverage in tabloid newspapers, which were accused of shaming her over her job. He said that Jarvis, of Rainham, east London, told officers “she was racially wrong and she was drunk”. Mr Shroff said Jarvis walked off, shouting “black lives don’t matter anyway”, “black c****” and “I’m a celebrity”. He told Basildon Crown Court Ms Antonio had said the chair was being used, then saw the 30-year-old defendant and told her she could not take the seat as it was needed by a fourth person in her party.