Piers Corbyn, Walworth resident and brother of the former Labour leader, has reportedly been fined £250 for accusing NHS workers at Guy’s Hospital of “murdering people”.
Corbyn, 75, is said to have given a “cease and desist” letter to staff at a Guy’s Hospital vaccination clinic at London Bridge on 18 January this year.
He and a second man, aged 44, who was fined £200, reportedly refused to leave the hospital, even after police were called.
Corbyn from Walworth, south-east London, told Westminster Magistrates’ Court he had been arrested fifteen times since the pandemic began, and said: “We were not there trying to obstruct people doing anything.”
In a Guardian article, it said Corbyn had arrived with a group of anti-vaxxers at Guy’s Hospital, with the letter that they claimed was to prevent NHS staff from administering the Covid-19 vaccine.
Corbyn is said to have told Chelsea Butcher, a nursing sister: “We are not leaving, you are murdering people here,” and another member of the group said, “This is a crime scene,” Westminster magistrates court heard.
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He and his co-defendant must pay an additional £234 in costs and other charges.
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Corbyn stood as a councillor in Faraday ward for his party, Let London Live, in the recent local elections.
He received 200 votes and was not elected but did beat two Liberal Democrats and one Conservative candidate.
The News reported that, at a hustings in Southwark Cathedral last month, Corbyn interrupted proceedings.
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He accused organisers of “not believing in democracy” because they had not invited him to sit on the panel.
Amir Eden, chair of Living Bankside, said he had not been included because Let London Live had no elected officials.
