Le accuse terroristiche contro il rapper a rotelle non possono continuare, dice Court | Notizie di arti e arti

>He went on to say he agreed with O hAnnaidh’s lawyers, who argued that the Attorney General had not given permission for the case to be brought against the defendant when police informed him he was to face a terror charge on 21 May.

>Criminal proceedings are instituted when a criminal charge is first issued, not when the defendant first appears in court.

>Concluding the reasons for his decision, the chief magistrate said: “I find that these proceedings were not instituted in the correct form, lacking the necessary DPP (Director of Public Prosecutions) and AG (Attorney General) consent within the six-month statutory time limit.

>”The time limit requires consent to have been granted at the time or before the issue of the requisition.

>”Consequently, the charge is unlawful and null and this court has no jurisdiction to try the charge.”

Oh, FFS. So he gets off on a technicality (which of course, should be the exclusive preserve of [jurisprudence fetishists](https://theonion.com/jurisprudence-fetishist-gets-off-on-technicality-1819586446/)), and we don’t actually get to see the arguments for or against whether waving the flag of a terrorist group constitutes a terrorism offence.

Fair play to his lawyers for spotting the error, I suppose. They’ve done their job well.

>Speaking outside court, O hAnnaidh thanked his legal team and interpreter, before addressing his large crowd of supporters.

>He said: “This entire process was never about me, never about any threat to the public, never about terrorism. A word used by your government to discredit people you oppress. It was always about Gaza. About what happens if you dare to speak up.

>”As people from Ireland, we know oppression, colonialism, famine and genocide. We have suffered and still suffer under your empire.

>”Your attempts to silence us have failed, because we’re right and you’re wrong… We will not be silent. We said we’d fight you in your court and we would win, and today we have.

>If anyone on this planet is guilty of terrorism, it’s the British state. Free Palestine. Tiocfaidh ar la [Irish for our day will come].”

Rather disappointingly, he’s clearly decided that this is proof that he’s not guilty, rather than an incompetent following of procedure meaning that the trial cannot proceed. He is of course not guilty, but he really shouldn’t be taking this farce as proof that he was right all along – no judgement has been made on that front.

And, whether he is a terrorist supporter or not; I reserve the right to think that he’s a monumental prick for waving the flag of Hezbollah on stage.