Jamie Wallis was found guilty of failing to stop, failing to report a road traffic collision and leaving a vehicle in a dangerous position
A Tory MP who demolished a telegraph pole when he crashed his car into it before fleeing the scene has been banned from driving for six months. Jamie Wallis, MP for Bridgend, grabbed his mobile phone and ran from the crime scene in high heels as concerned residents came out to see if he was okay after hearing the commotion.
Cardiff Magistrates' Court heard the MP phoned his father, who picked him up nearby and took him home, where hours later he was found asleep by police, according to Mirror Online. Wallis, who is estranged from his wife, described the alleged rape, which took place in London in September last year, as "profoundly distressing and.... traumatising" and left him with night-terrors, flashbacks and anxiety.
Residents Adrian Watson and Natalie Webb heard a "very loud bang, significantly louder than a domestic firework" and went outside to see amber flashing lights and the car having hit the pole. Both witnesses asked whether Wallis was okay and then told him they were calling the police, at which point the MP started walking away, the court heard.
Wallis, of Crossways House, Cowbridge, had denied charges of driving without due care and attention, failing to stop, failing to report a road traffic collision and leaving a vehicle in a dangerous position. District Judge Tan Ikram, who said the MP's evidence did not seem "credible", acquitted him of the first charge but found him guilty of the other three and disqualified him driving for six months and fined him £2,500.
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