Lindsay rolls up 48 mins LATE for first day of trial

Lindsay Lohan has arrived in court for a hearing that will determine whether the actress goes to jail or averts a trial on charges that she lied to police.

The troubled 26-year-old actress took a red-eye from New York to Los Angeles in a last-minute bid to make the 8:30am hearing after she deplaned an earlier commercial flight amid safety conces.

In the mad dash to avoid a bench warrant being issued for her arrest Lohan's private plane landed five minutes after she was due to appear at the courthouse where a judge awaited her appearance.

She arrived 48 minutes later, although it was unclear if the hearing had been delayed.

She made it: Lindsay Lohan arrived to a Los Angeles courthouse on Monday moing, nearly an hour after she was scheduled to appear before a judge

Make way! Lohan's lawyer Mark Heller, right, tries to squeeze past the crowd with his client's escorts

Lohan appeared to have time to make a quick change. Last seen wearing all black in New York, she arrived to the courthouse in a white and rose coloured blouse, sheer white skinny pants and grey heels.

She shielded her eyes with round sunglasses as she was escorted inside amid a flurry of reporters.

Despite the entourage a bystander managed to maneuver through the crowd to throw gold glitter confetti on the star as she made her way in.

According to Entertainment Tonight, Lohan's plane landed at Atlantic Aviation at Los Angeles Inteational Airport rather than Van Nuys airport, where she was initially scheduled to deplane.

The 26-year-old secured a flight aboard a private jet to get her back to Los Angeles in time for her court appearance on Monday moing.

She is in a race against the clock to make it back from New York to attend her scheduled trial over charges that she violated her probation last June.

A source told E! News that Lindsay was able to secure a flight on a private jet that was delayed slightly as the plane will have to make one stop to refuel along the way.

The plane appears to have been provided by a Los Angeles-based energy drink company for which she has made promotional appearances.

'Thanks Mr. Pink for the private jet see you all in a few hours in LA,' Lohan tweeted early Monday moing, referring to the firm.

Glitter bombed: The Mean Girls star was showered with gold glitter confetti on her way in