Reform Wales: Ex-leader Nathan Gill charged with bribery

The previous chief of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, is because of seem in courtroom on Monday on costs of bribery.

It follows an investigation led by detectives from the counter-terrorism command on the Metropolitan Police.

He was an MEP for nearly six years and briefly represented north Wales within the Welsh Parliament.

The police pressure mentioned Mr Gill was charged with eight counts of bribery and one depend of conspiracy to commit bribery.

A spokesperson for Reform Wales mentioned Mr Gill “just isn’t a member of Reform UK”.

Mr Gill was first elected as a UKIP MEP in 2014 and joined the Nationwide Meeting, because it was then referred to as, in 2016.

He was an Meeting Member for simply over a 12 months, earlier than he was changed by Mandy Jones in December 2017.

He served as UKIP’s chief for Wales and was briefly an impartial earlier than becoming a member of Reform’s predecessor organisation, the Brexit Get together, in 2019.

The north Wales politician led Reform’s 2021 Welsh Parliament election marketing campaign.

It isn’t clear exactly when Gill ceased being chief of Reform UK Wales, however the job has not existed for a while.

The Met mentioned Mr Gill, 51, was interviewed below warning on 3 March 2022.

“Additional enquiries had been carried out by officers and after authorisation by the Crown Prosecution Service Counter Terrorism Division, the person [Mr Gill] was subsequently charged,” the pressure mentioned.

He is because of seem at Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom on Monday.