The elder brother of former labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will have to wait until July 2024 to face trial for assaults on two cops outside BBC Broadcasting House.
Piers Corbyn, 76, allegedly assaulted two police officers, Sam Baylis and Holly Ryan, by beating on February 11 this year.
The lockdown protestor and climate change denier also assaulted Chantelle Ansell-Viera by beating the same day, it is said.
Appearing at Southwark Crown Court this afternoon, wearing a grey suit and red tie, Corbyn denied all three counts of assault.
A trial was set for July 15, 2024, and it is due to last three days.
Pictured: Piers Corbyn, 76, brother of former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, London, on February 3
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Pictured: Jeremy Corbyn at the Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, on September 24, 2019
Judge Christopher Hehir told the conspiracy theorist: ‘Mr Corbyn, your trial will take place at this court ton 15 July next year. I’m sorry for the very lengthy delay but the courts have a huge back log of work for several causes.
‘Because you are on bail you have to wait in the queue behind the number of people in prison awaiting their trial.
‘There will be a pre-trial hearing on 7 June 2024, that will be done remotely, and your attendance won’t be required.’
No details were given in court today, but footage posted on Twitter that day shows Corbyn apparently swinging his bag at police officers as they arrest a woman in Portland Place.
