Keir Starmer was caught illegally selling ice-creams on French Riviera

Friend of Labour leader says pair had brush with French police after travelling to the Med as students

Keir Starmer once promised to resign as Labour leader if he was found to have broken lockdown rules during a campaign event in Durham.

However, it turns out the former director of public prosecutions and the man labelled Mr Rules" had a previous brush with police, after a friend revealed he was caught by French officers illegally selling ice-creams on a Mediterranean beach.