Jamie Wallis, who has represented Bridgend since 2019, was found guilty of failing to stop, failing to report a collision and leaving a vehicle in a dangerous position. He was found not guilty of driving without due care and attention. The MP was wearing a black leather miniskirt, tights and high heels at the time of the crash, the court heard. Wallis, who came out as transgender in March this year – the first UK MP to do so, has denied the allegations. He said he had left the scene because he felt vulnerable in women’s clothing after allegedly being raped a few months earlier. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court heard the crash happened on November 28 last year when his Mercedes hit a lamppost and telegraph pole in Llanblethian, South Wales. Carina Hughes, prosecuting, said residents Adrian Watson and Natalie Webb were having a gathering when shortly after 1am they heard a “very loud bang, much louder than a household firework”. Mr Watson said he looked into the car and saw “a white male wearing a body-fitting white long-sleeved top, a black PVC leather miniskirt, tights, dark high-heeled shoes and a pearl necklace”. Image: Locals said they heard a very loud bang shortly after 01:00. Photo: CPS Ms Webb in her statement described the man as wearing “black court shoes”. When he asked Wallis if he was OK, Mr Watson said he replied: “I’m sorting it. I’m sorting it”. Mr Watson said Wallis started walking away from the scene. He followed the 38-year-old and saw him make two phone calls, during which he claimed he was “understood”. He was then picked up by his father in a Land Rover Discovery. Wallis told the court he fled because he felt vulnerable in women’s clothing, as he had allegedly been raped the last time he wore such an outfit in public. Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player 0:34 Tory MP guilty of driving offences He said he has not yet formally reported the attack to the police. Wallis said he was “overwhelmed” by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which caused him to believe he was “going to be attacked or assaulted, restrained or kidnapped”. A psychiatrist confirmed that she had diagnosed Wallis with the condition. Describing the night of the crash, he said he was at home wearing the clothes “he felt most comfortable in”, before driving to his estranged wife’s house late at night. Wallis told the court he was driving “relatively slowly” when he saw a cat and “instinctively” swerved. Image: The telegraph pole was broken in the crash. Photo: CPS Police Sergeant Gareth Handy said that when he later attended Wallis’ home, which he described as “manorial” and “absolutely colossal”, he forced entry out of concern for the MP. PC Louis Hall, who found Wallis asleep in a bedroom, told the court: “She appeared to be wearing make-up. “His eyelids were dark, his lips were red and his cheeks were bronze and he had red nail polish on his toes.” Wallis was found naked in bed and given a modesty blanket until they could find clothes. The black leather skirt and pearl necklace were found next to the bed and confiscated by the police. He was arrested at 7.21am. Judge Tan Ikram said Wallis’ actions on the night “did not suggest he was shocked and acting out of fear” and that “having PTSD is no defence”. “What the prosecution has shown to me is that he was able to make decisions that night – he made bad decisions,” the judge said. “I’m sure he wasn’t prevented by PTSD from giving details or details and reporting the accident immediately afterwards. “He made a decision that he didn’t want to be there and he made the decision to call his father. “In all that time he could have dialed 999 or 101 – he didn’t. I’m sure he didn’t do it through a conscious choice, not through depression or behaving irrationally.”
