(Dutch News) Appeal court judges have agreed to delay the continuation of Geert Wilders’ trial for making discriminatory comments about Moroccans until December 9.
Wilders’ lawyer had asked for a delay to give the defence more time to collect evidence of possible political interference in the case by the then-justice minister Ivo Opstelten.
Geert-Jan Knoops had requested a delay several times during the hearings, each of which had been rejected. However, the judges said on Wednesday, the last scheduled day of the hearing, that they would grant an extension. Wilders had been due to address the court later in the day.
The public prosecution department has always denied there was any political interference in the case.
