Stunt faces 17 month wait for trial

James Stunt denied racially abusing a police officer today (Weds) and was told he will have to wait 17 months for his trial. The ex-husband of heiress Petra Ecclestone allegedly caused ‘harassment, alarm, or distress’ to PC Richard Harper near his Knightsbridge home on 22 June last year. Stunt, 39, dressed in a blue jumper and white shirt, appeared in Southwark Crown Court via video-link and denied causing racially aggravated alarm or distress. He also denied a further offence of…