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.— Daniel Sandford (@BBCDanielS) April 11, 2019
- The public gallery is full. As are the press benches.1 reply11 retweets23 likes
- Julian Assange in court. He is asked to take a seat1 reply19 retweets31 likes
- He is in a black shirt and a black jacket. He waves to the public gallery and gives a thumbs up1 reply9 retweets26 likes
- District Judge Michael Snow tells the public gallery they should not have their phones out, unless they are members of the press tweeting.2 replies11 retweets28 likes
- The hearing cannot start as Julian Assange’s legal team are not in court yet1 reply9 retweets24 likes
- Julian Assange is reading a Gore Vidal book5 replies23 retweets36 likes
- The book is Gore Vidal’s History of the National Security State2 replies13 retweets31 likes
- Julian Assange’s legal team are in court3 replies17 retweets20 likes
- Asked his name Assange says “My name is Julian Paul Assange”3 replies13 retweets28 likes
- The court is told Julian Assange was arrested this morning in two warrants1 reply27 retweets32 likes
- 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 bail5 replies31 retweets37 likes
- Assange was arrested this morning on a warrant arising from that breach of bail1 reply18 retweets30 likes
- 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)4 replies28 retweets37 likes
- The court is hearing how Julian Assange was arrested at 10.15 this morning1 reply15 retweets27 likes
- 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 van1 reply42 retweets47 likes
- Julian Assange is told that one charge he faces is that he failed to surrender on 29th June 2012. He pleads “not guilty”4 replies42 retweets33 likes
- He is told that the US warrant says that between Jan 2010 and July 2010 he conspired with Chelsea Manning to “effectuate” unauthorised disclosure.2 replies35 retweets39 likes
- The court is now discussing whether Julian Assange has to give evidence to explain why he failed to surrender to bail4 replies29 retweets29 likes
- Julian Assange will not give evidence3 replies16 retweets26 likes
- Julian Assange’s lawyer says that District Judge Emma Arbuthnot who heard this case at previous hearings should have recused herself because of “bias”4 replies14 retweets26 likes
- District Judge Michael Snow finds Julian Assange guilty of failing to surrender8 replies54 retweets61 likes
- He says Julian Assange’s behaviour is “the behaviour of a narcissist who cannot get beyond his own selfish interest”5 replies35 retweets52 likes
- He sends Julian Assange to the Crown Court for sentencing as the offence was so serious