Lauren Socha handed suspended prison sentence

Lauren Socha has been handed a suspended prison sentence for racially abusing a taxi driver.

The award-winning Misfits star punched cabbie Sakandar Iqbal and called him a "P**i" and a "dirty b**stard" during an eight-minute rant after a booze binge in Derby last year.

She pleaded guilty to racially aggravated assault at a court in the city on Wednesday and was given a four-month jail sentence, suspended for a year, and ordered to carry out 80 hours of community service. She was also told to pay her victim £450 compensation and court costs of £750.

Socha won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for best supporting actress in 2011.