Cheering crowds greet Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh outside London court after lawyers challenge validity of case
Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who is facing a terrorism charge, has been released on unconditional bail after his lawyers challenged the validity of the case.
Ó hAnnaidh, 27, from Belfast, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, is accused of displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah, a proscribed organisation, and chanting “up Hamas, up Hezbollah” at a gig in north London on 21 November last year.
Outside the court, one van drove by with a side-hoarding offering a re-wording of an old racist slogan: “More blacks, more dogs, more Irish, Mo Chara.”
At a hearing at Westminster magistrates court on Wednesday, Ó hAnnaidh’s defence team argued that the charge, which was made on 22 May, was outside the six-month window required to fall under the court’s jurisdiction.
