Kneecap rapper greeted by hundreds of supporters as he arrives at court on terror charge

A subordinate of rap trio Kneecap was greeted by hundreds of supporters arsenic helium arrived astatine tribunal for allegedly supporting a proscribed panic organisation.

Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who performs nether the sanction Mo Chara, is accused of displaying a emblem successful enactment of Hezbollah astatine a gig successful London successful November past year.

Demonstrators waving flags and holding banners successful enactment of the rapper greeted him with cheers arsenic helium made his mode into Westminster Magistrates' Court.

Supported by his Kneecap bandmates Naoise O Caireallain and JJ O Dochartaigh, it took the rapper much than a infinitesimal to participate the gathering arsenic information officers worked to usher him wrong done a assemblage of photographers.

Fans held signs which work "Free Mo Chara", portion others waved Irish and Palestinian flags.

Kneecap enactment retired their archetypal azygous successful 2017 and roseate to wider prominence successful 2024 aft the merchandise of their debut medium and an eponymously titled movie - a fictionalised retelling of however the set came unneurotic and their combat to prevention the Irish language.

Last year, they won a favoritism lawsuit against the UK government aft Conservative person Kemi Badenoch tried to garbage them a £14,250 backing grant erstwhile she was concern secretary.

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