A Conservative MP who fled the scene of a car crash won't face any action by his party. Jamie Wallis, who has represented Bridgend since 2019, had denied four driving offences but was convicted of three after a trial.
He was found guilty of failing to stop, failing to report a road traffic collision and leaving a vehicle in a dangerous position but found not guilty of driving without due care and attention by District Judge Tan Ikram at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on Monday, July 11. Following the verdicts Wallis was disqualified from driving for six months and fined £2,500. Wallis, 38, from Crossways House, Cowbridge, was also ordered to pay additional costs of £620 and a victim surcharge of £190 within 14 days. See our report of the trial here.
In his sentencing, the judge said he did not find Wallis to be "credible". "When I watched him give evidence it seemed to me not only was he fitting his own behaviour around the behaviour of PTSD and his actions on the night does not suggest he was overwhelmed and acting out of fear that night," the judge said.
