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A photography student who went on the rampage after being turned away from a club for being too drunk was spared jail after a judge told her: “I'm not sending a lady to prison for something like this”.

Karolina Szumko, 18, downed half a bottle of vodka before attacking workers at the Notting Hill Arts Club, hurling racist slurs at police officers and aiming kicks and punches as she was dragged away in handcuffs.

Even after her arrest, Szumko, who is in her first year of a photography degree at Kingston University, continued to rant at police, calling them “British p*****s” and telling them: “You are going to f***ing die, f***ing racists, pretend to be white but wish Merry Christmas to Muslim people.”

The Debenhams worker then spat in the face of one officer and threw a glass of water over a custody officer.

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But on Monday, the teen was spared jail at Hammersmith magistrates’ court by Deputy District Judge Adrian Turner – despite saying her actions horrified him.

Instead he sentenced the Polish-born student, who has lived in the UK for five years, to 150 hours of community service and told her to pay £200 to her victims.

Deputy District Judge Turner said: “Racially abusing and attacking police officers and security people, all in a public place, and that’s the result of drinking far more vodka than was good for you.

“I dare say you were not aware of what was going on, and I accept what happened wouldn’t have happened apart from drinking, you are genuinely sorry.

“I am not going to send a lady to prison for something like this.”

Szumko, from Ealing, west London, admitted three counts of assaulting a police officer, three charges of racially aggravated public order offences, one count of assaulting an accredited person and one charge of common assault.