Bridgend MP Jamie Wallis arrested

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Bridgend Conservative MP Dr Jamie Wallis MP was arrested on suspicion of driving whilst unfit last month following an accident at Llanblethian near Cowbridge.

The accident happened at around 1:10 am on 29 November after a car collided with a lamppost in the Vale of Glamorgan. Jamie Wallis has been released by South Wales Police under investigation.

A spokesperson for Dr Wallis said: “Jamie was involved in an accident and is assisting police with their inquiries. While this is ongoing he will not be commenting,”

South Wales Police said: “A 37-year-old man from Cowbridge was arrested on suspicion of driving whilst unfit.

“He has been released under investigation.”

A post on Mr Wallis’s Facebook page said a planned surgery with constituents on Saturday had to be postponed until the New Year as he had tested positive for Covid.

A Tory MP has been arrested on suspicion of driving while unfit after a late-night collision with a lamp post.

The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Bridgend MP Jamie Wallis is under investigation by police over a road accident last month in a quiet village.

Mr Wallis, who was elected in 2019, was arrested after police were called to the ‘single-vehicle collision’ just after 1.10am on Sunday, November 28. He was later released. Police said that there were no injuries.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Fingers crossed for another by-election.

 

[tim]

A Tory)Labour marginal, so the Liberals will be campaigning as the the only party capable of keeping the seat safe from Starmer's Marxists.

 

[JimW]

Lamp post won't be the only poll bringing him to an abrupt stop, then.

 

[nogojones]

"Driving whilst unfit" is an unusual charge. It's not the normal drink or drug driving, which might imply he was either off his tit's on an unusual drug, or for some reason breath/ bloods were not taken and it's down to the cops saying he was wankered.

I reckon nothing will come of it given he will have access to decent brief.

 

[Sasaferrato]

"Driving whilst unfit" is an unusual charge. It's not the normal drink or drug driving, which might imply he was either off his tit's on an unusual drug, or for some reason breath/ bloods were not taken and it's down to the cops saying he was wankered.

I reckon nothing will come of it given he will have access to decent brief.

I was just thinking that. I've never heard of 'driving whilst unfit'.

There are many on the roads that are though. (Unfit to have control of a vehicle that is.).

 

[JimW]

Exhaustion? "Tired and emotional" as Private Eye used to do but that was just pissed IIRC

 

[Sasaferrato]

Exhaustion? "Tired and emotional" as Private Eye used to do but that was just pissed IIRC

And Ugandan Affairs.

Oh, not forgetting 'Exotic cheroots'.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

i'm neither a lawyer or a copper, but it does seem to exist

this is a page from a solicitors' - from this and a similar page, it seems to cover cases where for whatever reason they can't do a breathalyser (or whatever the equivalent is for illegal drugs) and can also cover where someone's unfit to drive due to medical (rather than illegal) drugs

 

[weltweit]

Wonder what Bonathan Jishop has to say on the matter?

 

[dlx1]

Hope he doesn't get let off like Katie price

 

[agricola]

"Driving whilst unfit" is an unusual charge. It's not the normal drink or drug driving, which might imply he was either off his tit's on an unusual drug, or for some reason breath/ bloods were not taken and it's down to the cops saying he was wankered.

I reckon nothing will come of it given he will have access to decent brief.

It is usually drug-related, certainly in terms of the arrest (where it might not be obvious what he has taken).

 

[Calamity1971]

And where was he driving to? The fucker has COVID

 

[Sasaferrato]

i'm neither a lawyer or a copper, but it does seem to exist

this is a page from a solicitors' - from this and a similar page, it seems to cover cases where for whatever reason they can't do a breathalyser (or whatever the equivalent is for illegal drugs) and can also cover where someone's unfit to drive due to medical (rather than illegal) drugs

You would have thought that drugs were drugs, prescribed or not.

 

[petee]

And Ugandan Affairs.

i used to read Private Eye, would you believe that of an american, and i remember the story behind this

 

[PTK]

You would have thought that drugs were drugs, prescribed or not.

I would not, Driving after having taken prescribed drugs would not be an offence per se.

 

[two sheds]

And where was he driving to? The fucker has COVID

how's his eyesight?

 

[keybored]

I hope the lamppost is OK.

 

[nogojones]

I would not, Driving after having taken prescribed drugs would not be an offence per se.

Yes. you have to have a certain amount in your bloodstream for it to be considered an offence, whilst with strictly illegal drugs like cannabis, the acceptable drug/blood level is much lower.

 

[Sasaferrato]

I would not, Driving after having taken prescribed drugs would not be an offence per se.

It would if it rendered you unfit to drive the vehicle. There are many drugs which impair your ability to drive prescribed daily.

 

[elbows]

And where was he driving to? The fucker has COVID

So, driving while unfit to take a covid eye test then.

"I mistook the lamp post for Barnard Castle".

 

[DaveCinzano]

I hope the lamppost is OK.

Being refurbished up to Milanese municipal specs as we speak

 

[weltweit]

He hasn't any excuses, driving into a stationary lamp post, I mean FFS..

And if he does have covid he was hardly in quarantine was he!

Prize bell end

 

[platinumsage]

The offence is in the Road Traffic Act 1988 and involves being unfit through drink or drugs. No specific drugs are specified, and there are no other offences termed “being unfit”.

 

[Ax^]

 

[Carvaged]

Fingers crossed he gets kicked

 

[elbows]

He hasn't any excuses, driving into a stationary lamp post, I mean FFS..

And if he does have covid he was hardly in quarantine was he!

Prize bell end

Well there was the excuse from the Jasper Carrot insurance claims forms routine:

"I bumped into a lamp post that was obscured by human beings".

 

[two sheds]

"I saw a sad faced old gentleman as he bounced off the bonnet of my car"

"he admitted it was his fault as he'd been run down before"

 

[elbows]

"he was all over the road. I had to swerve several times before I hit him".

 

[elbows]

I dont think the covid angle works by the way, since the accident was on November 28th and he tested positive this week.