UK prosecutors Tuesday mentioned they might enchantment a courtroom’s determination to drop a cost of supporting terrorism introduced towards a Northern Irish singer from punk rap group Kneecap for displaying a Hezbollah flag throughout a live performance in November.
“We’re interesting the choice to dismiss this case as we consider there is a crucial level of legislation which must be clarified,” a Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson mentioned, referring to the case towards Liam O’Hanna, additionally recognized by his stage identify Mo Chara.
The case was thrown out by London’s Woolwich Crown Courtroom final month after a decide discovered there had been a technical error in the best way the cost had been introduced.
O’Hanna, named Liam Og O Hannaidh in Irish, hailed it as a victory, saying an try by detractors to stop the trio from voicing its help for Palestinians had failed.
The 27-year-old was charged in Could when a video emerged from a November live performance in London, by which he could possibly be seen draped in a Hezbollah flag. He has denied that he supposed to point out help for the Lebanese terror group, saying he was in character, preoccupied together with his efficiency and doesn’t “know each proscribed group.”
Chief Justice of the Peace Paul Goldspring discovered the cost towards O’Hanna was not introduced by prosecutors inside the authorized time restrict, rendering it “illegal and null.”
The band, which sings in Irish and often leads chants in help of Gaza throughout performances, has had a number of concert events cancelled internationally over its anti-Israel stance and different controversies.
Canada final month barred Kneecap from getting into the nation, citing the group’s alleged help for Hezbollah and fellow Iran-backed terror group Hamas. The group additionally canceled its US tour in August, citing the authorized proceedings.
However its efficiency in Paris went forward in September regardless of objections from French Jewish teams and authorities officers. The group additionally performed the vaunted Glastonbury Competition in southwest England in June.
