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Ex-Tory MP admits altering image of passport to access gambling website

November 2, 2026 · 2:12pm ET | 11:12am PT
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  • Stephen Fairclough, BBC

A former Conservative MP has admitted illegally altering a date on an image of her passport in order to access a gambling website.

Katie Wallis, who uses female pronouns and was formerly known as Jamie Wallis, was due to stand trial on two charges of possessing a false passport and possessing a false passport with improper intention.

Wallis, who represented Bridgend from 2019 to 2024, has been found formally not guilty of those charges after agreeing to plead guilty to a new charge under the Computer Misuse Act.

She was given a conditional discharge for nine months in a hearing at Cardiff Crown Court.

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