German court quashes British bishop's Holocaust conviction

[microrobert]

German court quashes British bishop's Holocaust conviction

A German court on Wednesday quashed a British bishop's high-profile conviction for Holocaust denial for procedural reasons but said he may face a new trial on the same allegations.

A court in Nuremberg ruled there were "irremediable procedural problems" in the case against Richard Williamson, who was fined 6,500 euros ($8,600) in July for denying key facts about the Nazi genocide.

"The prosecutor now has the possibility of pressing charges on the basis of the same facts of the case," the court said in a statement.

http://www.expatica.com/de/news/germ...on_210080.html

[heathen_son]

"The prosecutor now has the possibility of pressing charges on the basis of the same facts of the case..."

I didn't think the courts could do that. At least not in the UK.