Accused Holocaust denier gets fan mail in jail

Right-wing British historian David Irving, who has been jailed in Austria pending trial next month on charges of denying the Holocaust occurred, has been writing his memoirs and receiving fan mail, his lawyer said Friday.A Vienna court ruled again Friday that Irving, 67, must remain in detention at least until his trial starts on Feb. 20, rejecting defense attorney Elmar Kresbach's offer to post $24,500 bail. The court said he was a flight risk. Irving had begun writing his memoirs and receiving 200 to 300 pieces of fan mail a week from Australia, Canada, China, New Zealand and many European countries, Kresbach said. Irving was arrested Nov. 11 on charges stemming from two speeches he gave in Austria in 1989 in which he was accused of denying the Nazis' extermination of 6 million Jews. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison.