A member of Irish language rap trio Kneecap has avoided a new terror trial after the UK government lost its appeal against a ruling that threw out the case on procedural grounds.
Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, known as Mo Chara, had been accused of displaying a flag allegedly supporting Hezbollah during a London concert, but High Court judges ruled the charge had been filed outside the legal six-month deadline and therefore could not proceed.
The court agreed that the first written charge issued in May 2025 was invalid because required approval had not yet been obtained, meaning the prosecution had no legal standing.
Speaking in west Belfast after the ruling, Ó hAnnaidh declared it was “three-nil to Kneecap”, saying the case “was never about me, never about any threat to the public and never about terrorism… it was always about Palestine”, while adding, “Your attempts to label me a terrorist have failed because I was right and, yet again, Britain was wrong.” His lawyer described the appeal as a “witch hunt” and said the prosecution had been unlawful from the beginning, while prosecutors said they accepted the court’s decision.
“UK govt loses appeal over quashed Kneecap terror charge”
Mo Chara: “They falsely tried to label me as a terrorist when it’s the British government ministers who are arming a genocide, the destruction of Lebanon, and the slaughter of school kids in Iran.”https://t.co/ajMKkaBo4P pic.twitter.com/ty48qAHzNd— Ragged Trousered Philanderer (@RaggedTP) March 11, 2026
The UK government are the real terrorists…just look at their actions in the Middle East and Russia…..