Wikileaks founder said to be frail, labours to confirm name and date of birth
An emotional and clean-shaven Julian Assange has appeared in court to request more time and resources to prepare his defence against extradition to the US on espionage charges.
Assange said today he was unable to properly prepare his defence at the case management hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court, which aims to check on pre-trial progress.
The US is requesting his extradition to face 18 separate charges under the banner of espionage, related to assisting Chelsea Manning exfiltrate classified information. Being found guilty of these could theoretically and cumulatively result in a 170-year prison sentence for the WikiLeaks founder.
Mark Summers QC, acting for Assange, told the court the defence counsel needed three more months to prepare, but this was refused.
So the full hearing will go ..
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