Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring sitting at Woolwich Crown Court said the case should be thrown out, agreeing with O’Hanna'’s lawyers that the prosecutors had missed the deadline for the charge by a day. “These proceedings were instituted unlawfully and are null,” he said. There were huge cheers from the public gallery as the chief magistrate handed down his decision, while 0'Hanna smiled and gave a thumbs up to his supporters.