Snoop's UK visa ban to be lifted?

Snoop Dogg could be allowed to enter the UK after winning a battle to get his visa ban lifted, The Guardian reports.

The rapper and members of his entourage were arrested in 2006 after brawling with security staff at Heathrow Airport's British Airways VIP lounge.

In March last year his request for a visa was turned down the day before he was scheduled to appear with P. Diddy at an anti-gang and youth crime forum.

However, a video recording of the incident showed that the rapper was entertaining children and didn't retaliate when pushed by a police officer.

Immigration judge Nehar Bird said that the scuffle was "precipitated by decisions made by BA staff and the police".

Snoop's lawyer Phillip Trott slammed the UK government for its handling of the case.

"It has been an appalling waste of public money to pursue this man," Trott said. "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."