Farage said he was shocked by Nathan Gill’s admissions relating to pro-Russia statements

Nigel Farage has insisted his party’s former leader in Wales who was convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes was a “bad apple” who betrayed him.

The Reform UK leader was in Caerphilly campaigning for his candidate in a forthcoming Senedd byelection when he was asked about his links to Nathan Gill.

Gill, who led Reform UK in Wales in 2021, last month admitted taking bribes to make statements in favour of Vladimir Putin’s Russia while he was a member of the European parliament.

His activities were said to include making pro-Russian statements about events in Ukraine in the European parliament and in opinion pieces to news outlets.