Britain – Holocaust denier convicted of trying to incite race hate online

Simon Sheppard claims accounts of the Holocaust are “exaggerated” and describes Anne Frank’s diary as “evil” has been convicted of putting articles on the internet that could stir up race hate.

A jury at Leeds Crown Court found Simon Sheppard, 51, guilty of nine counts of publishing racially inflammatory written material on his website between March 2005 and April 2006.
 
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