A conspiracist has been fined after breaching Covid restrictions with Piers Corbyn during a series of anti-lockdown protests in central London.

Vincent Dunmall, from Clarendon Green, Orpington, was found to have been involved in holding three demonstrations in Trafalgar Square and Westminster between two years ago.

The 55-year-old's offences involved gatherings of more than 30 people at a time between August and October 2020, when regulations stated no-one could participate in groups of more than six outdoors.

He is a co-founder of Save Our Rights, which was banned from Facebook last January after the social media giant concluded it posed an “imminent physical harm” by posting videos including ones in which Corbyn said vaccines were a form of control and Dunmall claimed masks impacted the immune system and added: “I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s why they’re asking us to do it.”

Fellow activists Corbyn - brother of former Labour leader Jeremy - and Louise Cressfield were also found to have taken part in the rallies during a hearing in Westminster yesterday.

DI Chris Rudd said: "It was saddening to have to deal with these incidents where large numbers of people illegally gathered in breach of Covid regulations during a national emergency period.

“At a time when so many members of the public were making considerable sacrifices and abiding by the rules to keep others safe, these individuals acted selfishly and risked spreading the virus.

“However, our policing response demonstrated we were prepared to take action and issue fixed penalty notices to those who deliberately flouted the rules.”

Dunmall was fined £175, and also ordered to pay £75 in prosecution costs and £34 in surcharges.

Meanwhile, 36-year-old Cressfield, from Reading Road in Brighton, was told to cough up £250 along with a further £84 in costs.

Corbyn, 75, was also found guilty of being involved in a fourth illegal gathering on the South Bank in Southwark on December 31, 2020 - while tier 4 restrictions were imposed in the capital.

The elderly conspiracy theorist, from East Street in south east London, was fined £750 for the August, September and October offences.

He also had to pay £275 in prosecution costs and £109 in surcharges.