Jeremy Corbyn & John McDonnell to be quizzed by cops on pro-Palestinian rally as they demand release of bodycam footage
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FORMER Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and ex-shadow chancellor John McDonnell are to be quizzed by cops after attending a pro-Palestine rally. The two MPs, aged 73 and 73, who currently sit as independents in the Commons, were due to voluntarily attend a police station on Sunday afternoon.
![[Jeremy Corbyn at a pro-Palestinian protest in London.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-protesters-demand-end-israeli-964708299.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Corbyn previously demanded cops release all bodycam footage, claiming they were part of delegation wishing to lay flowers in memory of children killed in Gaza. It is unclear if they have yet been interviewed. The Sun has approached the Met for any updates.
![[Jeremy Corbyn being interviewed at a rally.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/independent-mp-jeremy-corbyn-seen-964781904.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The force is investigating what it claims was a coordinated effort by organisers to breach conditions imposed on the demonstration in London yesterday. The Met said: "Three men have agreed to attend voluntarily at a Central London Police Station today to be interviewed under criminal caution as officers investigate a coordinated effort by organisers to breach conditions.
![[Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell at a Labour party campaign event.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/speaks-britains-main-opposition-labour-540094067.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"The 75-year-old, 73-year-old and 61-year-old will be interviewed by officers this afternoon.". Corbyn earlier disputed the force's account of the rally in a post on X on Saturday. The cops said: "Officers were holding the line at the top of Whitehall to stop any groups marching which would be a breach of the conditions.
"Despite their efforts a large group has forced its way through and are in Trafalgar Square.". But the ex-Labour chief said: "This is not an accurate description of events at all. "I was part of a delegation of speakers, who wished to peacefully carry and lay flowers in memory of children in Gaza who had been killed.
