Tory MP Jamie Wallis has been charged with failing to cease and driving with out due care and a focus following a automobile crash in November final 12 months, South Wales Police mentioned.
Wallis has additionally been charged with failing to report the crash, careless driving and leaving a car in a harmful place.
The MP for Bridgend is because of seem earlier than Cardiff Magistrates’ Courtroom on Tuesday 10 Might.
Wallis grew to become the primary MP to come back out as transgender in March and mentioned he hopes to start transitioning “as shortly as attainable”.
Jamie Wallis final month tweeted that he has gender dysphoria and had been raped and blackmailed.
He informed Sky Information’ Sophy Ridge afterwards that part of him “died” following the rape.
He was elected to signify Bridgend on the 2019 common election, unseating Labour for the primary time in three many years.
In a press release, South Wales Police mentioned the power had been “been investigating a street visitors collision which occurred in Llanblethian, Cowbridge, within the early hours of Sunday, November 28, 2021.
The assertion added: "Jamie Wallis, 37, from Cowbridge has been charged with failing to cease following a street visitors collision, failure to report a street visitors collision, driving with out due care and a focus and leaving a car in a harmful place."
Wallis received his seat in December 2019, managing to oust Labour's Madeleine Moon who had held the constituency for 14 years.
The next month there have been calls within the Home of Commons from Opposition MPs for him to apologise after firm information confirmed he had held a enterprise curiosity in a so-called "sugar daddy" web site referred to as Sugar-Daddy.internet which was branded "exploitative and demeaning".
In February this 12 months, Wallis was fined £270 and acquired three factors on his licence at Cardiff Magistrates' Courtroom after admitting the offence of crossing a stable white line whereas driving a Mercedes on the A48 in August 2021.
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