Holocaust denier’s extradition listening to delayed once more

Vincent Reynouard was arrested in Anstruther, Fife, in November final 12 months then remanded in custody after crossing the Channel in a bid to evade the French authorities, who’ve been pursuing him for 2 years.

The 54-year-old went on the run after he was convicted underneath anti-Nazi legal guidelines and handed a four-month jail sentence in November 2020, then an extra six-month spell in January the next 12 months.

Holocaust denial has been a prison offence in France since 1990 and Reynouard has been convicted quite a few instances.

A full extradition listening to was purported to get underneath approach at Edinburgh Sheriff Court docket earlier this 12 months however lawyer Paul Dunne pushed for this to be postponed to permit movies Reynouard is alleged to have made to be translated into English.

When the case referred to as once more on the court docket on Thursday, Mr Dunne requested an extra postponement, insisting sure “authorized points” understood to narrate to the 2 arrest warrants issued by the French authorities needed to be debated first.

He mentioned one other advocate specialising in extradition, Fred Waterproof coat KC, is unable to come back to court docket till the beginning of July on the earliest, and he requested for the complete extradition listening to to be pushed again to later that month.

Sheriff Kenneth Campbell agreed to reschedule the complete listening to for July 27, and he set an extra preliminary listening to for July 13.

He additionally referred to as for written submissions pertaining to the case to be handed in every week beforehand.