If 22 May was considered to be the date of the charge, that was six months and one day after the London gig where the offence allegedly took place.
The judgement on Wednesday said it agreed with the magistrate that proceedings had “been instituted when the first written charge was issued on 21 May”.
“This was invalid as the permission of the Attorney General had not been obtained at that time,” the judgement stated.
“It follows that no written charge was issued within 6 months of 21 September 2025 and the judge was right to hold that he had no jurisdiction to try any summary only offence alleged to have been committed on that date.”
