Terror charge against Kneecap member thrown out

The terrorism charge against Kneecap’s Liam O’Hanna has been thrown out at a hearing at Woolwich Crown Court today.

The charge related to the alleged display of a flag in support of Hizballah, a proscribed terrorist organisation, at a concert at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town on 21st November last year.

Footage of the concert in question appeared to show a member of the band, draped in a Hizballah flag, shouting to the crowd, “Up Hamas, up Hizballah.”

Hamas and Hizballah are both proscribed terrorist organisations in the UK.

The Chief Magistrate threw out the charge because the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had apparently not received the consent of the Attorney General to bring the case.

A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism said: “This is a matter of utter incompetence by the authorities. What good is our criminal justice system if it cannot get its act together in a case of a man stood draped in the flag of a proscribed terrorist organisation that wants to annihilate all Jews shouting ‘Up Hamas, up Hizballah’? Heads must roll over this humiliating debacle.

“Here is a prime example of how difficult it is for British Jews to get justice in this country. Not long ago, the CPS dropped all charges after men drove through London in broad daylight with a megaphone shouting ‘F*** the Jews…rape their daughters.’ A lot of Jewish people are starting to throw up their hands in despair at the dire state of our criminal justice system, which clearly is incapable of protecting them.”