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21.09.2023 - 19:19 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A sheriff has been urged to order the extradition of a French Holocaust denier who was hiding out in Scotland.
Vincent Reynouard made a string of YouTube videos where he denied the Holocaust and spouted anti-Semitic hatred.
The 54-year-old is wanted in France under anti-Nazi laws and authorities in his homeland sought his extradition.
A full extradition hearing was held at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday with Reynouard appearing in the dock from custody.
Reynouard was detained in the Anstruther area of Fife last November on an arrest warrant.
Advocate depute Paul Harvey told the hearing that Reynouard’s videos displayed the “most appalling anti-Semitism”.
Mr Harvey said the words spoken in each of eight videos would constitute a breach of the peace under Scottish law.
Reynouard would need to have committed a crime which is also an offence under Scots law to meet the test for extradition.
But Fred Mackintosh KC, defending Reynouard, said Reynouard’s videos didn’t constitute a breach of the peace as there was no call for action by others.
Sheriff Chris Dickson set a further hearing for October 20 when he hoped to deliver his verdict in the extradition battle.
The court heard Reynouard produced vile videos on subjects such as “the Jewish problem” and denied both the Holocaust and that there were gas chambers at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Mr Harvey said there was no need under Scottish law for a breach of the peace to require a direct call to action.
The prosecutor said putting the videos on YouTube created a “greater risk of serious disturbance” as they were “more widely and permanently available” on the internet.
Mr Harvey added the videos violated the Communications Act as they were “grossly offensive” and met the test for
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