From the Jewish News:

Toben awaits verdict

ADELAIDE Holocaust denier Fredrick Toben is awaiting a verdict after the Federal Court has heard evidence on whether he was in contempt of court.

Toben, who spent seven months in a German jail in 1999 for inciting racism, faces contempt charges for defying the Federal Court’s 2002 order to remove Holocaust-denial material from his website, in a case brought by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ).

In November last year, the Adelaide revisionist agreed to remove the offensive material, including claims that implied the Holocaust did not occur and that attempted to cast doubt on the existence of gas chambers at Auschwitz, from the website of his Adelaide Institute.

He apologised to the Federal Court for placing himself in contempt of the court. But days later, he reneged on his undertaking and withdrew the apology.

In the hearing earlier this month, Robin Margo SC -– appearing for Jeremy Jones, the former ECAJ president at the time of the original court action -– asked the court to jail or fine Toben. Margo said that he had aggravated the alleged breach of court orders by attacking judicial figures on his website.

Toben’s barrister David Perkins failed in his bid for a permanent stay on 11 of 28 charges against his client.