(Dutch News) Court hearings have ended in the appeal against politician Geert Wilders’ criminal sentence for inciting racial discrimination.
In 2016, the PVV leader was found guilty of insulting a group of people and inciting discrimination, after leading calls for “fewer, fewer, fewer” Moroccans in the Netherlands at a political rally in 2014.
The case went to appeal, after he was given a criminal sentence but no punishment, with the public prosecution service demanding a fine of €5,000. Wilders had also appealed the criminal conviction.
But a court in The Hague ruled on Wednesday that hearings for the appeal were complete, dismissing the claims of Wilders’ lawyer to make unredacted copies of internal emails and documents available.
