Can you imagine this body in a "leather PVC mini-skirt, tights, with a high heel and a pearl necklace"...
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Tory MP Jamie Wallis banned from driving for failing to stop after crash
Transgender MP said he fled because he was wearing women’s clothes and feared he would be assaulted.
A Conservative MP who crashed his car and fled the scene has been found guilty of failing to stop, failing to report an accident and leaving the vehicle in a dangerous position.
Jamie Wallis was disqualified from driving for six months and fined £2,500.
Wallis, who announced he was transgender in March, told a court in Cardiff that he ran off after smashing into a telegraph pole in his Mercedes. He said he was wearing women’s clothes and was frightened that a group of local people who came to help him were going to assault, kidnap or kill him.
The Conservative MP for Bridgend in south said the last time he had been wearing women’s clothes he had been raped at his London flat and had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He was asked if he had reported the alleged rape in September, he said he had not but had arranged to talk to the police about it informally.
He also told the court he had been raped a month before the crash and feared he would be "raped, killed or kidnapped" following the crash.
The Conservative MP, who was elected in 2019, became the first MP to come out as transgender in March. He identifies as he/him.
On Monday, Cardiff Magistrates' Court heard how witnesses said Wallis left the scene after crashing his Mercedes into a lamppost on 28 November.
He was wearing a black leather mini-skirt and high heels and told the court he feared he was going to be attacked.
Residents Adrian Watson and Natalie Webb were at a birthday party, when they heard a "very loud bang, significantly louder than a domestic firework" on the street at about 01:00 GMT.
Mr Watson said he looked inside the car and saw "a white male wearing a white long-sleeve top which was tight to the body, a black leather PVC mini-skirt, tights, dark shoes with a high heel and a pearl necklace".
When he asked Wallis if he was okay, he was told: "I'm sorting it. I'm sorting it."
Wallis was arrested hours later at 07:21 GMT at his flat.
Sgt Gareth Handy told the court that he forced entry into the Wallis' family home address which was described as a "mansion" and "absolutely colossal", out of concern for the MP.
The police officer eventually found Wallis in one of the rooms and said he saw "Jamie had make-up on his face".
Police also found a "blonde wig" on a table in Wallis' flat, which was part of the property, the court heard.
PC Louis Hall found Wallis asleep and said: "He appeared to be wearing make-up, his eyelids were dark, his lips were red, his cheeks were bronzed, and he had red nail polish on his toes."
The black leather skirt and pearl necklace were found next to the bed, and were seized by police.
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