WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks in jail after being found guilty of breaching bail conditions.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks in jail after being found guilty of breaching bail conditions.
Asked if he understood that he had been committed for sentencing, he said from the dock: "I understand I have been committed. I don't know details."In mitigation for Assange, Mark Summers QC, told the court his client had been "gripped" by fears of rendition to the US over the years because of his work with WikiLeaks.
He claimed the allegations were a pretext to transfer him to the United States, where he feared prosecution over the release by WikiLeaks of millions of classified documents.However, the 47-year-old is facing a US extradition request, which was only revealed following his dramatic arrest, when he was dragged shouting from the embassy by police.
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