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By David Deans
image captionNeil McEvoy was elected to represent South Wales Central in 2016
Senedd member Neil McEvoy broke rules prohibiting the use of Welsh Parliament resources for election campaigning 22 times, an investigation has found.
A report by the Senedd s standards commissioner said Mr McEvoy caused or permitted the printing of thousands of election leaflets in his office.
The politician also allegedly employed a member of staff to translate campaign material into Welsh.
Mr McEvoy denied any breaches and said the investigation was a witch-hunt .
The standard commissioner s report, yet to be published and leaked to BBC Wales, says the Senedd member committed the breaches ahead of elections in 2016 and 2017.
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image captionNeil McEvoy sits as leader of his new Welsh Nation Party after being expelled from Plaid Cymru
A Labour politician has said he feared being assaulted by a fellow Member of the Senedd (MS) after an incident in the Welsh Parliament last year.
On Wednesday night the body voted to ban Neil McEvoy from the Senedd until 21 January after a committee found he had been physically aggressive towards Labour s Mick Antoniw.
The decision means Mr McEvoy will have his salary cut.
Mr McEvoy claimed he was being punished for something that was not true.
But the Pontypridd MS said he was worried he could be accosted or assaulted by Mr McEvoy for months after the incident.