Snoop Dogg's visa ban in the U.K. has been overruled by an immigration judge who looked at video of his brawl at Heathrow Airport and found no evidence that he was responsible.
See Also:The rapper and five of his boys were arrested in 2006 for inciting a brawl that resulted in broken glass and injuries to several police officers. As a result, the UK's Home Office banned him from the country. But senior immigration judge George Warr on Wednesday supported a January ruling from another immigration judge, Nehar Bird, who said Snoop did not start the fracas. Both judges based their decisions on video footage of the incident seen on a DVD. "The appellant's behavior on the DVD did show him interacting with the public. The children were laughing and generally enjoying either dancing or singing or playing music," said Bird at the time. In fact, Bird was quoted by the Guardian as saying that the disorder at the airport was "precipitated by decisions made by British Airways staff and the police." The Home Office appealed but senior immigration judge George Warr ruled on Wednesday that Bird had been right. The Home Office now has until Wednesday to appeal again. Snoop's lawyer, Phillip Trott, told the Guardian newspaper: "It has been an appalling waste of public money to pursue this man. It is outrageous that the government is trying to exclude someone who is an innocent figure and has frequently spoken against gang culture and youths carrying guns."
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