12 November 2012 Last updated at 12:53 ET

Plaid Cymru AM Bethan Jenkins charged with drink-driving

Bethan Jenkins AM Bethan Jenkins is due to appear at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on 19 December

A suspended Plaid Cymru Welsh assembly member has been charged with drink-driving.

Bethan Jenkins, 30, was arrested in Cardiff in the early hours of Sunday, 14 October.

South Wales Police confirmed that a woman from Neath was arrested in Llandaff and will appear at Cardiff Magistrates Court on 19 December.

The South Wales West regional member, who has been suspended from Plaid's assembly group, is the youngest AM.

A police spokesperson said: "A 30-year-old woman from Neath arrested on Sunday, 14 October in Llandaff, Cardiff, on suspicion of drink-driving has been charged with the offence.

"She is due to appear in Cardiff Magistrates' Court on 19 December."

More on This Story

Related Internet links

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites

More Wales politics stories

RSS

Features & Analysis

Elsewhere on the BBC

  • Green city A leaf from nature's book

    Cities rely on systems which pollute our world, but that will all change in the future, writes Rachel Armstrong

Programmes

  • A graphic of a person and the Earth respresenting the world wide webClick Watch

    David Reid visits Cern to find out about the plans to restore the world's first web page

BBC © 2013 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.