Good news for fans of hip hop and airport altercations. Snoop Dogg is allowed back into the UK. As previously reported, he was banned from the country after a fracas at Heathrow Airport in 2006, a ban which led to the cancellation of UK dates on a co-headline Snoop/Diddy UK tour. There have been various appeals in a bid to have the ban overturned, and now a UK judge, Neha Bird, has said the hip hopper should be allowed into the country, seemingly after watching video footage of the rapper quietly playing with children, then later being pushed to the ground by a police officer without retaliating. The Home Office, who were behind the original visa ban, obviously, is now considering whether to take the case to the Court Of Appeal.
Apr 25, 2008
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Snoop Dogg granted UK visa
A UK judge, Neha Bird, has ruled that Snoop Dogg should be allowed back into the country, and the Home Office is considering an appeal.