The State of Us - Kneecap new info & Julie Ann McIlwaine's sister fights murder verdict
Download Kneecap new info & Julie Ann McIlwaine's sister fights murder verdict
A member of Irish language hip-hop group Kneecap has been charged with a terror offence after allegedly displaying a flag in support of proscribed organisation Hezbollah at a London gig.
Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, 27, has been charged by the Metropolitan Police after an incident on 21 November 2024 at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, London.
Mr Ó hAnnaidh, who performs under the name Mo Chara, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday 18 June.
In a statement posted on social media, Kneecap said: "We deny this 'offence' and will vehemently defend ourselves."
Also on today’s episode:
Julie Ann McIlwaine, of Hazel Close, Lagmore, stabbed James Joseph Crossley, 38, while he slept at her former home in Filbert Drive in Dunmurry on 2 March 2022.
The 34-year-old had admitted to killing Mr Crossley but denied his murder.
Her sister, Rachel McIlwaine, tells Tara Mills and Declan Harvey a "loss of control" defence should have been accepted in the case.
During the trial the court heard how Julie Ann McIlwaine and James Joseph Crossley were in a relationship marred by domestic abuse and coercive control.
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Published on Thursday, 22nd May 2025.
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