The founder of WikiLeaks, the controversial Julian Assange was today; the first Wednesday of 2020, denied bail by Westminster Court. The British presiding judge said that he might abscornd justice by fleeing. This comes while the enraged U.S. tries again to secure his extradition, to face justice for publishing of secret documents, a crime that amount to espionage.
This request, by Julian lawyers, comes only two days after district judge Venessa Baraister ruling, on Monday 4th of this year, that Assange should not be extradited citing risk of suicide. Judge Vanessa, explained the the ruling, putting the seven years that the accused has spent behind bars in the Ecuadorean embassy, London nabbed after actually fleeing from justice back in 2012. In her statement she told the Westminster Magistrates that,
“I am satisfied that there aresubstantial grounds for believing that if Mr Assange is released today he would fail to surrender to court to face the appeal proceedings."
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According to Retuers, Assange, the 49 year old Australian showed up to court wearing a navy suit, and apparently showed no reaction with reguards to the ruling.
The judge Venessa, aslo said that the United States was welcomed to challenge her decision to reject extradition. Obiviously the appeal could take months, leaving Assange ensnared, where he has been since being dragged out of the embassy in 2019, in yet some more legal woes. (Retuers)
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