UK court drops terror charge against Kneecap rapper

A UK court on Friday threw out a terrorism charge against a Northern Irish singer from the punk rap group Kneecap which had provoked an outcry among their fans.

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Cheers erupted from supporters as the judge found there had been a technical error in the case against Liam O'Hanna and told him he was “free to go”.

O'Hanna, 27, had denied the offence, after being charged in May when a video emerged from a November concert in London, in which he was alleged to have displayed a flag of the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hizbollah.

O'Hanna, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, and his two bandmates had arrived earlier wearing balaclavas in the colours of the Irish flag for the hearing at Woolwich Crown Court in southeast London.

His legal team had challenged whether the charge was filed correctly.