A FATHERS 4 Justice campaigner who protested on Jeremy Corbyn's roof claims police banned him from Liverpool to prevent him from demonstrating during the Labour Party Conference.

But he says he was only visiting the city as a tourist.

6 Bobby Smith says he was banned from Liverpool so he could not protest at the Labour Party conference Credit: Mercury Press

6 Bobby Smith filmed a video from the back of a police van telling his supporters he had been arrested by eight officers who then put him in a cell Credit: Mercury Press

Activist Bobby Smith, 34, shared live footage from the back of a police van after he was arrested at around 12.30pm while visiting Liverpool's Albert Dock on Tuesday.

Give Me Back Elmo party leader Bobby claims he was ordered not to return to the city until the Labour leader had addressed his party - and said he was only visiting the city as a tourist to take in the Beatles Museum and Penny Lane.

But he alleges he was first stopped by police at the exit of Merseyside's Birkenhead tunnel on the way into the city before being arrested later in Liverpool's waterfront area and held in a cell for two hours.

6 Bobby Smith got on to the roof of Jeremy Corbyn's house last month to protest about family law Credit: Mercury Press

6 Bobby Smith and Samantha Johnson dressed as superheroes to protest on Angela Eagle's constituency office roof in July Credit: Mercury Press

6 Give Me Back My Elmo party leader Bobby Smith (pictured with Samantha Johnson) has staged several rooftop protests on Labour related buildings this year Credit: Mercury Press

Mr Smith was escorted out of the Merseyside area by police and released in Ellesmere Port in Cheshire later the same day and told viewers about his ordeal in an astonishing video filmed in the back of a Merseyside Police van.

Mr Smith says in the video: "I'm inside the police van, I have just been released.

“As I drove across the Mersey Tunnel I was stopped by a policeman on the other side and they said something about Fathers For Justice.

"Gone to have a look at the Beatles museum and about eight policemen showed up and arrested me.

"As soon as I demanded a solicitor they released me straight away.

“They have now banned me for the next 24 hours and we are getting a police escort."

Mr Smith has previously held protests dressed as a superhero on both the roof of Angela Eagle's constituency office in Wallasey, Merseyside, in July and the roof of Mr Corbyn's home in Islington, north London, in August.

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The campaigner, who is facing a December court date over his appearance on Mr Corbyn's roof, said he felt like the detainment was an 'abuse of his human rights'.

Mr Smith, from Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, said: "It's just a terrible abuse of my human rights.

"My partner lives in Cheshire so we have gone out for the day and because of my beliefs about family court, that I was not even expressing at the time, I was plucked off the street like a common criminal.

"The point is that that even if I was conducting a peaceful protest, which you are allowed to do in this country, then I should not have been arrested.

"There were plenty of protesters outside of the conference campaigning to save the women's hospital and other causes so why are they allowed to and I am not?"

6 Bobby Smith says police stopped him from going into Liverpool until Jeremy Corbyn had finished his Labour Party conference speech Credit: Getty Images

A spokesman for Merseyside Police confirmed a 34-year-old man was arrested after a number of banners and a loudhailer were found in his car.

They said he was taken to a police station on Merseyside and issued with a notice under the Antisocial Behaviour, Crime and Police Act 2014.

The dispersal order prevented him from re-entering Merseyside until 6pm yesterday.

A Merseyside police spokesperson said: "Merseyside Police can confirm a 34-year-old man from the Hertfordshire area has been arrested to prevent the breach of the peace after being stopped at the Albert Dock, Liverpool on Tuesday, 27 September afternoon.

"The man was arrested after a number of banners and a loud hailer were found in his car.

"He was taken to a police station on Merseyside where he has been issued with a notice under the Antisocial behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, which will direct him to leave the area and prevent him from re-entering Merseyside until 6pm on Wednesday, 28 September."

A spokesman for the Labour Party declined to comment.