Vincent Reynouard, 54, was arrested in Fife last year after going on the run.
A convicted Holocaust denier who spent two years on the run is to be extradited back to France, a Scottish court has ruled. Vincent Reynouard, 54, was arrested in November last year after being tracked down in Fife. During a hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday, Reynouard was told he will be returned to his homeland to stand trial on charges including 'public trivialisation of a war crime' and 'public incitement to hatred'.
Reports say Reynouard was using a false identity while working as a private tutor after evading authorities for two years before being arrested. The search was led by France's Central Office for the Fight against Crimes against Humanity and Hate Crimes. The investigation began after the memorial of Oradour-sur-Glane, where Nazi troops killed and destroyed an entire village in June 1944, was vandalised by graffiti which read 'Reynouard is right'.
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