Geert Wilders kangaroo court case continues.

If the court wanted to give off the impression they are going to railroad Wilders they are doing a fine job of it.

Wilders to get three witnesses
Today's papers report the latest twist in the trial of populist right-wing MP Geert Wilders on charges of insulting Muslims and incitement to religious hatred. The Freedom Party PVV leader wanted to call 18 witnesses to give evidence in his defence but, in a pre-trial session, the court has whittled the number down to just three.

The AD says the judge also ruled that their evidence will be heard by an examining magistrate in private and not in open court. The paper explains that the move is probably intended to stop Mr Wilders maximising publicity around the case.

He wanted to call witnesses to show that his negative comments, about for instance the Qur'an, were true. These included Mohammed Bouyeri, the militant Muslim who murdered Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh in 2004.

The judge however argued it was well known that some people use the Qur'an to justify violence and that evidence to prove the point was not needed. An angry Mr Wilders told journalists: "This court is obviously not interested in the truth". The trial proper, which will take around a week, will begin towards the end of this year.