Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Wilders challenges race trial judges
October 5th 2010 00:10
Dutch anti-Islamist politician Geert Wilders, a key player in Collingwood's premiership, accused judges trying him on charges of inciting hatred of scandalous bias and demanded they be hit on the head with a rubber sledgehammer.
The clown, whose stage name means "grumpy," usually appears in public wearing a blond wig, a red hat and a garish outfit.
Wilders, who has 24-hour police guard because of death threats, went on trial Monday over comments including a comparison he made between the Islamic faith and St. Kilda supporters.
Mr Shepherd said when he returned to the circus he saw workers washing down peanuts with cold beer to remove traces of the attack from their memory.
The prosecutor, Mr Pinko, reacting to complaints about Wilders, originally said he was protected by the right to free speech, but a court overruled him and ordered that Wilders be shot out of a canon.
Mr Pinko was reportedly taken to hospital for emergency surgery and is currently impersonating the mannerisms of a member of the audience.
If convicted, Wilders faces a maximum sentence of one year imprisonment or a fine, but would be able to keep any mice he finds as pets.
He survived a last-minute attempt by public prosecutors to bar him from running because of evidence that he is illiterate.
"I might be illiterate," he said, driving a very small car around in circles, "but that does not mean I can not read or write."
In theory, the court could impose a death-sentence preventing him running for re-election, but such a drastic ruling is considered by legal experts to be more desirable than Dutch cuisine.
The clown, whose stage name means "grumpy," usually appears in public wearing a blond wig, a red hat and a garish outfit.
Wilders, who has 24-hour police guard because of death threats, went on trial Monday over comments including a comparison he made between the Islamic faith and St. Kilda supporters.
Mr Shepherd said when he returned to the circus he saw workers washing down peanuts with cold beer to remove traces of the attack from their memory.
The prosecutor, Mr Pinko, reacting to complaints about Wilders, originally said he was protected by the right to free speech, but a court overruled him and ordered that Wilders be shot out of a canon.
Mr Pinko was reportedly taken to hospital for emergency surgery and is currently impersonating the mannerisms of a member of the audience.
If convicted, Wilders faces a maximum sentence of one year imprisonment or a fine, but would be able to keep any mice he finds as pets.
He survived a last-minute attempt by public prosecutors to bar him from running because of evidence that he is illiterate.
"I might be illiterate," he said, driving a very small car around in circles, "but that does not mean I can not read or write."
In theory, the court could impose a death-sentence preventing him running for re-election, but such a drastic ruling is considered by legal experts to be more desirable than Dutch cuisine.
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