Getty ImagesTikTok influencer HSTikkyTokky will not have to repay the full costs of a private jet police chartered to bring him back to the UK from Spain after he avoided court for almost a year, a judge has ruled.
Harrison Sullivan, 24, was handed a suspended prison sentence in November after crashing his McLaren in Virginia Water, Surrey, in March 2024.
Sullivan failed to appear in court for 12 months after the crash, travelling to Dubai, Thailand and Spain and continuing to make social media content, the court previously heard.
District judge Julie Cooper said she was not prepared to order the social media influencer to repay all of the flight costs because the use of a private jet was “not necessary or proportionate”.
The judge ordered Sullivan to pay £9,270 in prosecution costs, and £8,050.27 in police costs – bringing the total bill to £17,320.27.
Surrey Police spent around £15,000 on a chartered flight from Spain to bring him back to the UK, a hearing at Staines Magistrates’ Court was told on Thursday.
The total costs to both Surrey Police and the Crown Prosecution Service to bring Sullivan back to the UK in August reached £28,350.27, the hearing was told.
Prosecution Kane Alexander, however, told the judge there were concerns that Sullivan – a fitness influencer – could be recognised by members of the public on a commercial plane.
“It seems that Mr Sullivan travels around on planes with impunity without too much risk to himself, so I don’t really understand,” Judge Cooper said.
“In my view, it is not just or reasonable for him to pay a chartered flight when I have been given no satisfactory explanation for why that should be.”
Surrey PoliceShe added: “I can understand that there would be some issues with social media.
“But the problem could have been resolved or reduced had first-class flight been obtained to place the defendant in that area, so he was not in view of members of the public whilst in handcuffs.”
Defence solicitor Shalin Sood told the judge Sullivan was “surprised by the private jet” and was “completely calm and compliant” while in police custody.
Referring to the costs incurred throughout the investigation, which the court heard required partnership with foreign agencies including Interpol, Sood added: “It’s not rocket science trying to locate where Mr Sullivan is, judge – he livestreams every day.”
Sullivan was handed a one-year suspended prison sentence at Staines Magistrates’ Court in November last year after pleading guilty to dangerous driving and driving without insurance.
The social media star has also been disqualified from driving for two years.
He will have an electronic tag for three months and is expected to complete 300 hours of unpaid work and 30 days of rehabilitation.
Additional reporting from PA Media.
