Even for one of the world’s greatest divas it was a bravura performance. Fury, pity, anger, emotional blackmail and tears – the whole gamut of supermodel emotions that has made Naomi Campbell the darling of the catwalk.

But her violent tantrum on a British Airways jet after a bag was mislaid during the Terminal 5 debacle was surely the most dramatic of her now infamous “Streatham Strops”.

Yesterday Campbell, 38, pleaded guilty to kicking and spitting at police officers after flying into an uncontrollable rage on board a flight from Heathrow to Los Angeles in April Campbell had ordered Captain Miles Sutherland to get off the aircraft and look for her suitcase personally, holding up the flight for almost an hour. When cabin crew eventually called police to remove her she refused to disembark and claimed she was targeted because she is black.

The model pleaded guilty at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court, West London, to two counts of assaulting a police officer, one of disorderly conduct likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress and using threatening, abusive words or behaviour to cabin crew.

She was ordered to carry out 200 hours’ community service, pay compensation of £200 each to the two police officers she assaulted and £150 to Mr Sutherland, and fined £2,300. British Airways is understood to have banned the supermodel.

Melanie Parrish, prosecuting, had told the court that after Campbell was told about her luggage she was heard to say on her phone: “They have lost my f***ing bags, get me another flight, get the press, get me my lawyer.”

When Captain Sutherland tried to explain her options, Campbell snapped: “How dare you tell me what my options are? You are not leaving until you find my f***ing bags.” As he walked away, Campbell shouted: “You are a racist.”

A cabin services director and a BA operative trained to deal with difficult situations were called to the aircraft but had little success. “Miss Campbell was clearly upset and explained to them the reason why this was so awful for her was that she was contracted to wear a particular Yves Saint Laurent outfit on a US chat show and it was in the bag,” Miss Parrish said.

As fellow travellers accepted their lost luggage with quiet stoicism Campbell exploded again. She was told that her swearing was unacceptable and the only other first-class passenger was moved away for his own safety.

As the police arrived Campbell screamed “You can’t f***ing touch me” and shouted down her phone to “make sure the press know”. When asked for the final time to leave of her own accord, Campbell replied: “F*** off, I have paid £5,000 for this. I have a right to be on this plane.”

Miss Parrish said the model “went berserk, thrashing her arms around uncontrollably”.

“At the time she was wearing formidable platform boots with stiletto-style heels,” she added. The 5ft 10in tall model hit PC John Eastick on the arm with her phone, kicked him on the shin and spat on him, and kicked PC Charles Campling on the thigh. As the officers tried to remove the model from the aircraft she shouted: “It is because I am a black woman, you are all racists. I am going to sue you. I am going to f*** you.”

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