Jeremy Corbyn interviewed by police after pro-Palestine rally, Sky News understands

Jeremy Corbyn has agreed to beryllium interviewed nether caution by constabulary pursuing a pro-Palestinian rally successful cardinal London, Sky News understands.

The erstwhile Labour leader, 75, voluntarily attended a constabulary presumption successful the superior this afternoon.

The BBC has reported that John McDonnell, 73, who was the shadiness chancellor during Mr Corbyn's leadership, besides agreed to beryllium voluntarily interviewed.

Sky News saw the brace leaving Charing Cross Police presumption this afternoon. They declined to remark erstwhile approached.

Nine different radical person been charged with nationalist bid offences pursuing arrests astatine the protestation organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) connected Saturday.

The Metropolitan Police said they witnessed a "deliberate effort, including by protestation organisers" to breach conditions that had been imposed connected the event.

This has been denied by the PSC, who person accused the Met of heavy-handed tactics.

The protestation came arsenic Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire and hostage merchandise deal pursuing the 15-month-long warfare successful Gaza.

Police said the organisers had agreed the protestation would beryllium static, to forestall crowds from forming successful the vicinity of a synagogue located a abbreviated region from the BBC's office adjacent Portland Place.

In a connection connected Sunday, the Met said those who person been charged with breaching the conditions, which includes Mr Corbyn's member Piers, are owed to look astatine Westminster Magistrates' Court successful the coming days.

It added that 3 men had agreed to be voluntarily astatine a Central London Police Station contiguous to beryllium interviewed nether caution.

Giving lone their ages, the Met said: "The 75-year-old, 73-year-old, and 61-year-old volition beryllium interviewed by officers this afternoon".

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The PSC has accused the Met of promoting "a misleading communicative astir the events" by "claiming that a peaceful delegation pushed done constabulary lines".

The radical said that aft the Met banned their march to the BBC, they made wide they intended to protestation against that "anti-democratic" determination if the restrictions were not lifted, by walking "silently and peacefully" towards the broadcaster's offices.

They claimed that erstwhile they reached the constabulary line, they were invited to proceed walking towards Trafalgar Square.

Mr Corbyn and Mr McDonnell besides disputed the constabulary mentation of events.

In effect to a constabulary societal media station claiming protesters "forced their mode through" constabulary lines, Mr Corbyn wrote: "This is not an close statement of events astatine all.

"I was portion of a delegation of speakers, who wished to peacefully transportation and laic flowers successful representation of children successful Gaza who had been killed."

"This was facilitated by the police. We did not unit our mode through."

This was echoed by Mr McDonnell who said: "I spoke astatine demo and was portion of a procession of speakers aiming to spell to BBC to laic flowers commemorating the decease of Palestinian children.

"We did not unit our mode through, the constabulary allowed america to spell done and erstwhile stopped successful Trafalgar Square we laid our flowers down and dispersed."

Mr Corbyn present sits arsenic the autarkic MP for Islington North aft successfully moving against his erstwhile enactment astatine the wide election, pursuing his suspension implicit an antisemitism row.

Mr McDonnell presently sits arsenic an independent, having mislaid the whip for six months successful July past twelvemonth for voting against the authorities implicit the kid payment cap.