The Crown Prosecution Service says it will appeal against the chief magistrate's decision to throw out the terror case against a member of the band Kneecap.

Rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh, 27, was charged with the alleged display of a flag in support of the proscribed terrorist group Hezbollah at a London gig last November.

But the case against him was dismissed due to a technical error .

Image: Kneecap's Liam Og O hAnnaidh, whose stage name is Mo Chara, outside Woolwich Crown Court, London, last month. File pic: PA

Image: Kneecap (L-R) Naoise O Caireallain (Moglai Bap), JJ O'Dochartaigh (DJ Provai), and Liam Og O Hannaigh (Mo Chara) at the UK premiere of the Kneecap movie. Pic: PA

Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring told Woolwich Crown Court in September that the charge brought again

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