A disgraced former ‘Come Dine With Me’ winner who was convicted of having sex with a 15-year-old boy has been fined £420 for hurling racist abuse at her neighbour.
Mother-of-three Lucy Haughey, from Glasgow, bagged a £1,000 jackpot when she won an episode of Channel 4’s popular show, Come Dine With Me in 2017..
A court heard the 44-year-old spewed abusive language towards Roman Kavur, calling him a ‘foreign c***’ on their shared landing in Glasgow’s Cathcart on March 8, 2024.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard how Haughey – who was said to have stunk of alcohol at the time of the incident- also booted Mr Kavur’s front door, leaving it damaged.
She was found guilty of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner which was racially aggravated and was today fined for her behaviour.
Haughey also hit the headlines seven years ago after she had sex with a 15-year-old boy and was given a three-year community payback order.
Her previous convictions also include stalking social worker Shannon Low in 2017 and was sentenced to community service.
Haughey posted a video on social media about Miss Low in 2022 which included abusive comments. She was banned from contacting Miss Low for 10 years.
Lucy Haughey, from Glasgow, bagged the £1000 jackpot when she won an episode of Channel 4’s popular show, Come Dine With Me back in 2017 (pictured)
Ex-Come Dine With Me winner Haughey, 44, has now been convicted of hurling racist abuse at her neighbour (Pictured at Glasgow Sheriff Court)
Haughey was fined £515 and ordered to do 234 hours of unpaid work earlier this year for stalking a woman named Joanne Bell.
Greece based Haughey was due to return to Glasgow Sheriff Court today to be sentenced for her latest offence.
However, her lawyer Michael Gallen said she could not travel due to ‘financial difficulties’ and the matter was dealt with in her absence.
Sheriff Collette Gallagher imposed a one-year non-harassment order on Haughey relating to her victims as well as the fine.
The trial heard that author Haughey initially got on with Mr Kavur when he and his partner moved into their flat with their twin babies in April 2023.
The mental health worker claimed that Haughey and his partner, dental nurse Valerie Zbila, had clashes which he did not get involved in.
Mr Kavur stated he heard shouting near his property around 6.50pm and went to investigate.
He said: ‘I couldn’t really hear what she was saying, I heard shouting from the level below us – I didn’t know it was Miss Haughey at the time.
Mother-of-three Lucy Haughey, 44, (pictured) hurled racial abuse at her neighbour Mr Kavur on March 8, 2024
The reality TV contestant who had sex with a 15-year-old boy was also convicted for stalking Sharon Low in 2022
‘I looked through the glass window on the door and I saw Miss Haughey and she saw me.
‘She seemed intoxicated at the time and said racial abuse at me saying “you foreign c***” or something like that.’
Mr Kavur stated that he then opened his door which he claimed was a ‘mistake’ by himself.
The procurator fiscal depute asked the witness what he hoped to achieve by that.
Mr Kavur replied: ‘To see why she said it but I don’t know – she was intoxicated.
‘She came a little bit close to me and I smelled alcohol so I closed the door then called the police.’
The witness stated that Haughey then went on to kick his front door which caused damage to his letterbox.
When asked how he knew that she kicked the door, Mr Kavur replied: ‘I could hear the impact…she was facing towards the door – she was either punching it or kicking it. If she was using her head, I would have seen it.’
Mr Kavur claimed that he initially went to work nearby that night but was allowed to return home after 30 minutes.
He told the court he could still hear Haughey yelling from her home but could not remember what was said.
The 44-year-old who is based in Greece will now have to attend her sentencing in Glasgow next month
Mr Kavur later told the court: ‘I apologise if it was because the kids were crying or woke Miss Haughey up but it’s something that I can’t control.’
The witness said he is in the process of moving out of the property.
Haughey – who represented herself at the earlier trial – said to her neighbour in court: ‘It was your opinion I was intoxicated when I appeared downstairs on a different level?’
Mr Kavur replied: ‘Yes.’
Haughey: ‘Wow, you could get a job as a sniffer dog.’
Haughey also put it to the witness that the damage to the door was not submitted in evidence until after seven months to which Mr Kavur agreed.
PC Josh Kay, 27, earlier told the court that he attended Haughey’s home around midnight and arrested her.
He said: ‘There was a lot of shouting, speaking to a boy who was at the property saying that she should have phoned the police first and if she did so she wouldn’t have been arrested.’
In her evidence, Haughey denied the allegations and argued the incident never happened.
Haughey stated that the allegations made by the couple were ‘lies’ and ‘malicious’.
She told the court she now lives in Greece as an author specialising in domestic abuse and her property in Glasgow is up for sale.
Sheriff Collette Gallagher told Haughey when convicting her that she believed the Crown witnesses were ‘credible and reliable’.
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