CNEWS - Law: Former AFN chief hires prominent hate crime lawyer for April trial

A former aboriginal leader charged with inciting hatred against Jews has hired the same lawyer who defended Jim Keegstra and Ernst Zundel. David Ahenakew, 69, appeared in court Friday with his new lawyer, Doug Christie. His trial was scheduled for April 4. The Victoria-based Christie replaces Toronto lawyer Alan Gold, who withdrew from Ahenakew's case in July. Ahenakew, a prominent member of Saskatchewan's aboriginal community and a former chief of the Assembly of First Nations, was charged last year after he told a reporter that Hitler was justified when he "fried" six million Jews. siehe auch: Ahenakew appoints new lawyer to his defence