A London court has thrown out a terrorism-related charge against a member of the controversial Irish-language hip-hop group Kneecap, basing its decision on a technical error in the way the charge was brought forward.

Rapper Mo Chara, whose real name is Liam Og O hAnnaidh, had been charged with a single count for waving a flag of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which is banned in Britain as a terrorist organisation, during a London concert in 2024.

But chief magistrate Paul Goldspring sitting at Woolwich Crown Court said the case should be thrown out following a technical error in the way the charge against the rapper was brought.

"These proceedings were instituted unlawfully and are null," he said on Friday.

The three-member Kneecap, which hails from Belfast, Northern Ireland, h

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