British historian David Irving has pleaded guilty in a court in Vienna to charges of denying the Holocaust.

The charges relate to a speech and an interview he gave in Austria in 1989 in which he denied the existence of gas chambers at Auschwitz.

Mr Irving, 68, faces up to 10 years in jail under Austrian law.

As he arrived at the court, he told reporters that some of his views had changed, saying there were gas chambers and that “millions of Jews died”.

Holocaust denial is a criminal offence in Austria.

Court authorities have said they expect demonstrations by right-wing supporters during the trial.

Mr Irving was arrested in November when he went to Austria to give a lecture to a far-right student fraternity.

He was stopped by police as he was driving on a motorway in the south of the country and has been held in custody since then.

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