Sophia Brogan-Higgins (pictured), 22, is awaiting sentence after being found guilty of assaulting the security guard at a celebrity nightclub in London’s Soho and then kicking and slapping a police officer
A catwalk model warned she could be jailed for hitting a female bouncer in the face with a glass has been allowed to go on holiday.
Sophia Brogan-Higgins is awaiting sentence after being found guilty of assaulting the security guard at a celebrity nightclub and then kicking and slapping a police officer.
But the 22-year-old brunette, who could face six months in prison, has been allowed to travel to Sweden and South Africa on planned trips.
Former public schoolgirl Brogan-Higgins attacked Justina Liutkute, 33, after being excluded from a VIP area at The Box Soho in London, where guests have included Prince Harry, Kate Moss, Emma Watson and Keira Knightley.
She told Miss Liutkute: ‘B****, you don’t know how to do your job, don’t touch me because it’s like sexual harassment.’
As Brogan-Higgins was being escorted from the club at around 4am on July 21, she suddenly punched Miss Liutkute in the face while holding a glass, causing a two-inch gash above her left eye, Hammersmith Magistrates Court was told.
She was detained by three male security guards and police were called.
But the 22-year-old brunette, who could face six months in prison, has been allowed to travel to Sweden and South Africa (pictured) on planned trips before her sentencing
PC Alistair Skelton noticed dried blood on her hands and left forearm. When she tried to wipe it off, he grabbed her forearms in the belief that she was trying to destroy evidence.
Brogan-Higgins kicked PC Skelton in the stomach and slapped his face.
The officer’s body camera filmed her kicking and screaming on the floor. The court also saw CCTV of the incident.
When arrested, Brogan-Higgins refused to answer police questions until her father William, 58 – who runs the family’s IT consultancy business – was present.
The model, who lives with her parents in a £5million house in Clapham, south west London, and was educated at the £12,190-a-term St Edward’s School in Oxford, denied both assaults.
Brogan-Higgins, 22, is pictured outside Hammersmith Magistrates Court in London
Former public schoolgirl Brogan-Higgins (pictured) attacked Justina Liutkute, 33, after being excluded from a VIP area at The Box Soho in London, where guests have included Prince Harry, Kate Moss, Emma Watson and Keira Knightley. She told Miss Liutkute: ‘B****, you don’t know how to do your job, don’t touch me because it’s like sexual harassment.’
She claimed she suffers from ‘autism and anxiety’, telling the court: ‘I would never want to hurt someone, I just needed some space. I do not remember ever touching her face.
‘It would be completely out of character for me to ever touch someone’s face.’
Of PC Skelton, she said: ‘I did not mean to kick him or hurt him. I wasn’t in a fit state – I think he could clearly see that because I had been drinking and I had been in a nightclub and I was having a panic attack.’
District Judge Susan Baines found her guilty of both assaults and adjourned sentence to December 8 for medical reports.
She warned Brogan-Higgins that all options were open and prison was a possibility.
However, the model was granted unconditional bail after her lawyer said she had a holiday to Sweden booked for next week followed by a trip to Cape Town.
District Judge Susan Baines found Brogan-Higgins (pictured) guilty of both assaults and adjourned sentence to December 8 for medical reports
The 22-year-old, of Clapham, south west London, will face her fate at the beginnin