Thursday, April 11, 2019

Court 1 at Westminster Magistrates Court is now in session. The Julian Assange case is not up yet but the lawyers for the Crown Prosecution Service (acting for the US government) are in court.



  1.  36 minutes ago
    The public gallery is full. As are the press benches.
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  2.  34 minutes ago
    Julian Assange in court. He is asked to take a seat
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  3.  34 minutes ago
    He is in a black shirt and a black jacket. He waves to the public gallery and gives a thumbs up
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  4.  32 minutes ago
    District Judge Michael Snow tells the public gallery they should not have their phones out, unless they are members of the press tweeting.
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  5.  31 minutes ago
    The hearing cannot start as Julian Assange’s legal team are not in court yet
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  6.  31 minutes ago
    Julian Assange is reading a Gore Vidal book
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  7.  28 minutes ago
    The book is Gore Vidal’s History of the National Security State
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  8.  27 minutes ago
    Julian Assange’s legal team are in court
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  9.  26 minutes ago
    Asked his name Assange says “My name is Julian Paul Assange”
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  10.  26 minutes ago
    The court is told Julian Assange was arrested this morning in two warrants
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  11.  24 minutes ago
    The court is hearing the history of the Swedish sexual offences case through the UK courts, and how after his appeal failed Julian Assange entered the Ecuadorean embassy in June 2012 in breach of his bail
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  12.  23 minutes ago
    Assange was arrested this morning on a warrant arising from that breach of bail
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  13.  22 minutes ago
    The second warrant relates to an extradition request from the US issued in Dec 2017 (issued by the District Judge presiding over today’s case)
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  14.  20 minutes ago
    The court is hearing how Julian Assange was arrested at 10.15 this morning
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  15.  17 minutes ago
    Officers tried to introduce themselves but he barged past them. He resisted and shouted “this is unlawful”. He had to be restrained and officers struggled to handcuff him. He shouted again “This is unlawful, I am not leaving” as he was led to the police van
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  16.  15 minutes ago
    Julian Assange is told that one charge he faces is that he failed to surrender on 29th June 2012. He pleads “not guilty”
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  17.  14 minutes ago
    He is told that the US warrant says that between Jan 2010 and July 2010 he conspired with Chelsea Manning to “effectuate” unauthorised disclosure.
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  18.  12 minutes ago
    The court is now discussing whether Julian Assange has to give evidence to explain why he failed to surrender to bail
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  19.  7 minutes ago
    Julian Assange will not give evidence
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  20.  4 minutes ago
    Julian Assange’s lawyer says that District Judge Emma Arbuthnot who heard this case at previous hearings should have recused herself because of “bias”
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District Judge Michael Snow tells the defence it is “unacceptable in front of a packed press gallery to traduce the reputation of the senior District Judge”. He says it is “grossly unfair”
  1.  3 minutes ago
    District Judge Michael Snow finds Julian Assange guilty of failing to surrender
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  2.  2 minutes ago
    He says Julian Assange’s behaviour is “the behaviour of a narcissist who cannot get beyond his own selfish interest”
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  3.  1 minute ago
    He sends Julian Assange to the Crown Court for sentencing as the offence was so serious