AlexWilliamsGloves
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There was a previous thread on Kneecap that got deleted...priobably got a bit tetchy...hopefully this wont
But yer man just had his terror charges thrown out....LOL...love how the press are grasping on the "technical error" aspect.....was a load of shite
www.belfastlive.co.uk
The terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh has been thrown out by a chief magistrate following a technical error in the way the charge against him was brought.
The rap trio member was due to find out today whether his terrorism charge will be thrown out.
Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, was accused of displaying a flag in support of the proscribed terror organisation Hezbollah at a gig at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, north London, in November last year.
The 27-year-old’s defence team had argued that the case should be thrown out, citing a technical error in the way the charge against him was brought.
Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring had been set to rule on whether or not he has jurisdiction to try the case in the Westminster Magistrates’ Court hearing, sitting at Woolwich Crown Court, on Friday.
At Friday's hearing, Mr Goldspring agreed with O hAnnaidh’s lawyers, who argued that the Attorney General had not given permission for the case to be brought against the defendant when police informed him he was to face a terror charge on May 21.
In his judgment, Mr Goldspring said: “These proceedings were instituted unlawfully and are null.”
O hAnnaidh, of Belfast, had yet to enter a plea to the charge and is on unconditional bail.
But yer man just had his terror charges thrown out....LOL...love how the press are grasping on the "technical error" aspect.....was a load of shite
RECAP as terror charge against Kneecap's Mo Chara thrown out
The 27-year-old’s defence team argued the case should be thrown out, citing a technical error in the way the charge against him was brought.
www.belfastlive.co.uk
The terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh has been thrown out by a chief magistrate following a technical error in the way the charge against him was brought.
The rap trio member was due to find out today whether his terrorism charge will be thrown out.
Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, was accused of displaying a flag in support of the proscribed terror organisation Hezbollah at a gig at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, north London, in November last year.
The 27-year-old’s defence team had argued that the case should be thrown out, citing a technical error in the way the charge against him was brought.
Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring had been set to rule on whether or not he has jurisdiction to try the case in the Westminster Magistrates’ Court hearing, sitting at Woolwich Crown Court, on Friday.
At Friday's hearing, Mr Goldspring agreed with O hAnnaidh’s lawyers, who argued that the Attorney General had not given permission for the case to be brought against the defendant when police informed him he was to face a terror charge on May 21.
In his judgment, Mr Goldspring said: “These proceedings were instituted unlawfully and are null.”
O hAnnaidh, of Belfast, had yet to enter a plea to the charge and is on unconditional bail.