A London judge has dismissed a terrorism charge against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, the Kneecap rapper who goes by Mo Chara. The musician’s defense team had argued that the charge—stemming from a November 2024 incident in which Mo Chara allegedly displayed the Hezbollah flag during a concert—fell outside the statute of limitations, and the judge agreed.

“I find that these proceedings were not instituted in the correct form, lacking the necessary DPP [Director of Public Prosecutions] and AG [Attorney General] consent within the six-month statutory time limit,” Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring said, according to BBC News NI . He added that the court had “no jurisdiction to try the charge.”

Mo Chara and his Kneecap bandmates have been vocal advocates for Palestinian rights and harsh critics o

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