AUSTRALIAN revisionist historian Fredrick Toben will take a short break before deciding his next move after German prosecutors dropped their bid to extradite him from Britain.
Toben`s solicitor, Kevin Lowry-Mullins, said his client wanted "a bit of time out" after spending the best part of the past two months in London`s Wandsworth Prison.
"Dr Toben wants to have a short break before he decides what he wants to do and he wants to evaluate his position at the moment," Mr Lowry-Mullins said.
"Basically, he`s been in prison since the beginning of October and I think he wants to just have a couple of days considering where he`s going to go next."
Mr Toben was arrested at Heathrow Airport last month on a European arrest warrant accusing him of racism and publishing anti-Semitic views.
German prosecutors were forced to appeal to the High Court after Britain refused to hand him over.
Mr Lowry-Mullins confirmed on Thursday that the appeal had been withdrawn and that he had signed a consent order with the German government to end the case.
Lawyers acting for the German government had argued that Mr Toben, the 64-year-old founder of the revisionist Adelaide Institute, should be extradited to face trial for posting claims on its website that there was no mass murder of Jews by the Nazis.
Westminster Magistrates Court judge Daphne Wickham ruled that the warrant used to arrest Mr Toben while he was in transit from the US to Dubai was invalid because it did not provide enough detail.
Mr Toben`s supporters were trying to raise a £100,000 ($239,000) cash security to post bail pending the hearing of the case in the High Court when German authorities dropped the action.
Mr Lowry-Mullins said Mr Toben had been released from custody.
Unlike in Britain, Holocaust denial is a crime in Germany and offenders can face up to five years in jail.
"Dr Toben wants to have a short break before he decides what he wants to do and he wants to evaluate his position at the moment," Mr Lowry-Mullins said.
"Basically, he`s been in prison since the beginning of October and I think he wants to just have a couple of days considering where he`s going to go next."
Mr Toben was arrested at Heathrow Airport last month on a European arrest warrant accusing him of racism and publishing anti-Semitic views.
German prosecutors were forced to appeal to the High Court after Britain refused to hand him over.
Mr Lowry-Mullins confirmed on Thursday that the appeal had been withdrawn and that he had signed a consent order with the German government to end the case.
Lawyers acting for the German government had argued that Mr Toben, the 64-year-old founder of the revisionist Adelaide Institute, should be extradited to face trial for posting claims on its website that there was no mass murder of Jews by the Nazis.
Westminster Magistrates Court judge Daphne Wickham ruled that the warrant used to arrest Mr Toben while he was in transit from the US to Dubai was invalid because it did not provide enough detail.
Mr Toben`s supporters were trying to raise a £100,000 ($239,000) cash security to post bail pending the hearing of the case in the High Court when German authorities dropped the action.
Mr Lowry-Mullins said Mr Toben had been released from custody.
Unlike in Britain, Holocaust denial is a crime in Germany and offenders can face up to five years in jail.
