Terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh thrown out | Kneecap
Terror charges against Dizekap rapper Liam óg ó Hannaidh were thrown by the Chief Magistrates’ judge for a technical error.
Ó Hannaidh was accused of a Hezbollah flag at a concert in the O2 forum in Kentish town in North London last November.
However, Paul Goldspring, the chief magistrate judge sitting in Woolwich Crown Court, agreed with Hannaidh’s defense team and argued that the accusation was a legal mistake against him.
Ó Hannaidh said to the supporters outside the court on Friday: “We will not be quiet.” Brenda Campbell KC -led defense team, Attorney General Richard Hermer, the police will face a terrorist charges on May 21, he argued that the case did not allow the case to oppose the case.
Goldspring decided that the accusation against the 27 -year -old Belfast musician was “illegal” and “Null”. Conclude His decisionHe said: orum I think that these transactions are not created in the right form and lack the necessary DPP. [director of public prosecutions] and ag [attorney general] Approval within the six -month legal time limit determined according to Section 127.
“The time limit requires consent to be given before or before the issue of demand. As a result, the accusation is illegal and empty, and this court has no jurisdiction to try the accusation.”
Michael Bisgrove said that the permission of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office was not necessary until a court for prosecution, the first court appearance of the defendant, and that the permission was not required to make criminal accusations.
The Chief Magistrates’ judge rejected the arguments by saying that they were “challenging logic”.
The Royal Prosecutor’s Office said that he had carefully reviewed the court’s decision ”. He said the decision could be appealed.
Duzines gathered outside the court, the supporter of Hanaidh applauded for being transferred to the crowd. Some shook Palestine and Irish flags. Others had banners in the places that read Free Mo Chara, referring to the rapper’s stage.
Hanaidh, referred to by Liam O’hanna in the court documents, came to the court wearing Palestine Kepfiyeh, a trrirate -colored and balaclava in the colors of sunglasses.
West Belfast Deputy Paul Maskey, who participated in the court on Friday, said that the decision not to continue the hearing was right. Sinn Féin politician, “Dizekap, Israel’s genocide and the complexity of the Western governments to call the worldwide platforms boldly and unapologneicly used the world,” he said.
“Israeli war criminals and genocide finance financially, supporting and making it possible and forced the women and children who should be in front of the courts, the British political attack on the nodes that led to this case failed.
Today, those who are on the right of history won. “
Daniel Lambert, the ruler of Knecap, wrote about the X: ık We won !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Northern Ireland’s first minister Michelle O’Neill welcomed the decision. One Send it to xHe said: “All the charges fell against Mo Chara.
“Knecap used his platforms in stages around the world to reveal this genocide, and it is the responsibility of all of us to continue to speak and stand against the injustice in Palestine.”
