CPS to appeal against dismissal of terrorism charge against Kneecap’s Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh

Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh outside Woolwich crown court on 26 September after the case against him was dismissed. Photograph: Guy Smallman/Getty Images

Prosecutors have said they will appeal against the chief magistrate’s decision to throw out a terrorism charge against the Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh.

The 27-year-old, known as Mo Chara, had been charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag at a gig at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, north London, last November.