Madonna DA admits to goof

By LAURA ITALIANO

Last Updated: 2:54 AM, May 2, 2012

Posted: 1:23 AM, May 2, 2012

Manhattan prosecutors admit they made a dumb mistake for letting a Madonna-besotted ex-firefighter slip through their fingers by waiting too long to try him but they want another crack at him anyway.

Robert Linhart had been busted in September 2010 after he twice parked outside the singers ninth-floor, Upper West Side apartment, opened cans of paint and started crafting poster-board professions of love.

He was charged with felony weapons possession for a gravity knife and an awl and spent a remarkable two years in Rikers, unable to post bail.

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The case was dismissed last month for prosecutors failure to meet speedy trial deadlines.

A judge yesterday agreed to give the DA another shot.

If this was John Q Public and not Madonna, they wouldnt be pushing so hard, Linharts lawyer, Kevin Kitson, told The Post.