A FORMER Welsh Assembly Member has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children.
Simon Thomas resigned in July from his role as a Plaid Cymru Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales after police confirmed they had launched an investigation and he had been arrested “on suspicion of possessing indecent images”.
A statement issued by Dyfed-Powys Police said: "We can confirm that 54-year-old Simon Thomas from Aberystwyth has today (Tuesday, September 18) been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children and will appear at Aberystwyth Magistrates' Court on October 3, 2018.”
Thomas has been the Assembly Member for the Mid and West Wales region since 2011 and was the Ceredigion MP before that.
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