The Crown Prosecution Service says it will appeal against the chief magistrate’s decision to throw out the terror case against a member of the band Kneecap.
Rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh, 27, was charged with the alleged display of a flag in support of proscribed terrorist group Hezbollah at a London gig last November.
But the case against him was dismissed due to a technical error.
Kneecap’s Liam Og O hAnnaidh, whose stage name is Mo Chara, outside Woolwich Crown Court, London, last month. File pic: PA
Kneecap (L-R) Naoise O Caireallain (Moglai Bap), JJ O’Dochartaigh (DJ Provai), and Liam Og O Hannaigh (Mo Chara) at the UK premiere of the Kneecap movie. Pic: PA
Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring told Woolwich Crown Court in September that the charge brought against O hAnnaidh was “unlawful” and that he had no jurisdiction to try the case.
On Tuesday, a Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson said: “We are appealing the decision to dismiss this case as we believe there is an important point of law which needs to be clarified.”
Following the hearing in which the case was dismissed, O hAnnaidh vowed the rap trio would “not be silenced”.
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