Elmar Kresbach
Elmar Kresbach
became bit certain court expected known message sentence trial
Irving had expected certain strictness by the court because he was a very well known case. But the sentence was too harsh. It became a bit of a (political) message trial and the message was too strong.
bit message
I would say it's a bit of a message trial.
english lecture took
This lecture took place 17 years ago. He is an English citizen. He doesn't live in Austria and he is 68 years old. He is not really dangerous, especially not to Austria.
almost breach case clear found holocaust impossible knows law likely win
He'll most likely be found guilty, and he knows it. It's almost impossible for him to win - the case is a clear breach of the law on Holocaust denial.