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A London court on Friday threw out a terror-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 Óg Ó 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 organization, during a London concert last year.
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.
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