Wikileaks' Assange immediately appeals extradition in Swedish sex case

By artappraiser on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 7:41pm |

By Peter Wilson, The Australian, February 25, 2011

Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face a series of sex allegations, a British judge ruled last night.

The Australian founder of the WikiLeaks website instantly appealed to the British High Court against last night's verdict in the Belmarsh Magistrates Court, but Judge Howard Riddell had earlier made it clear he had no doubt about the validity of Sweden's extradition case.

Mr Assange had faced being extradited within 10 days and held in jail in Stockholm with no possibility of bail but his barrister, Geoffrey Robertson QC, signalled an appeal process that could take many months....

Judge Riddell was withering in his criticism of certain parts of Mr Assange's defence....

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