Tory MP Jamie Wallis is fined £270 and given three penalty points for crashing into lamppost and cutting village off the internet for days
- James Wallis, 37, admitted failing to comply with solid white line road markings
- The Conservative MP was fined £270 and was given three points on his licence
- He crashed into a lamppost, breaking it and causing a village to lose its internet
A Conservative MP has been fined for crashing into a lamppost and cutting a village off the internet.
Jamie Wallis – the Tory MP for Bridgend in South Wales – was questioned after a Mercedes hit a lamppost on a quite village road.
Wallis, 37, drove the car at Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, on Sunday, November 28 at 1.10am.
Jamie Wallis – the Tory MP for Bridgend in South Wales – pictured with Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Wallis, 37, was fined £270 and given three points on his licence after crashing into a lamppost
South Wales Police said he was originally arrested on suspicion of driving while unfit.
But he appeared in court after being charged with failing to comply with solid white line road markings.
He admitted the charged at Cardiff magistrates court and was fined £270 and given three points on his licence.
The wooden post was broken in the collision – causing an internet failure for villagers until it was repaired several days later
No other vehicles were involved and no-one was injured in the collision less than two miles from the MP’s home.
Wallis was elected for Bridgend in 2019 after defeating Madeleine Moon of Labour who had represented the constituency since 2005.
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