Members of the band Kneecap, including singer Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who performs under the name Mo Chara, make their third appearance at Woolwich Crown Court in London on Friday, September 26. Ben Montgomery/Getty Images AP —

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

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