THREE more people have been charged following a pro-Palestinian rally in central London that saw 77 arrests.
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his former shadow chancellor John McDonnell have also been voluntarily interviewed by police after the demonstration on Saturday.
The Metropolitan Police did not identify the pair but said that two men aged 73 and 75 had been “released pending further investigations” after they attended voluntary interviews at a central London police station on Sunday.
Officers have alleged that some protesters tried to breach conditions imposed on the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) protest by marching out of Whitehall. This has been denied by protest organisers.
The latest three people to be charged are:
- Benjamin Jamal, 61, of Barnfield Avenue, Kingston upon Thames, who was charged with public order offences including inciting people to fail to comply with protest conditions. He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday February 21;
- Jamila Zadran, 32, of Caulfield Road, East Ham, east London, who was charged with assaulting an emergency worker and will appear at the same court on February 19;
- Luke Jacobs, 22, of Kingsgate Road, West Hampstead, north-west London, who was charged with obstructing a police officer and criminal damage and will appear at the same court on February 17.
The BBC first reported that Corbyn, 75, the MP for Islington North; and McDonnell, 73, who represents Hayes and Harlington; would be interviewed by police following the protest.
The MPs, who were pictured at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) protest on Saturday, both sit in Parliament as independents.
Corbyn and McDonnell have declined to comment.
Nine people have already been charged with public order offences following the protest, including Corbyn’s brother, Piers Corbyn, 77, of Elephant and Castle, south-east London.
The eight other people charged with public order offences are:
- Angela Zelter, 73, of Knighton, Powys
- Tessa Roe-Stanton, 20, of Brockley, south-east London
- Starr Thomas, 20, of Brockley, south-east London
- Christian Adair, 23, of Brockley, south-east London
- Monday Rosenfeld, 21, of Limehouse, east London
- Matthew Brennan, 44, of St George, Bristol
- David Ok, 40, of Kilburn, north-west London
- Christopher Nineham, 62, of Bow, east London
They will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in the coming days, police said.
