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So well timed after the 5th(?) anniversary of Assange moving in to the embassy it sounds like this was the plan for a while: "if we can't make him leave in 5 ye
by anotheryou 10y ago
So well timed after the 5th(?) anniversary of Assange moving in to the embassy it sounds like this was the plan for a while: "if we can't make him leave in 5 years, we might as well interview him there before any case becomes invalid."
- themartorana 10y agoDoes Sweden have a statue of limitations on rape?
- gabeochoa 10y ago"Some in the Foreign Office fear a permanent impasse between the UK and Ecuador, and that Assange will stay in the embassy until 2020, by which time a statute of limitations applies under Swedish law on the rape case." Its implied 10(?) years in the article
- themartorana 10y agoIn that case, he's more than half-way there. That doesn't have anything to do with his ailing health, but it's interesting to note.
- anotheryou 10y agoI'm not even sure what the exact allegations are or include. E.g. consensual sex, but without a promised condom might be a different charge.
- gsnedders 10y agoPer below, yes. However, England doesn't have a statute of limitations on breach of bail, of which he is pretty clearly guilty. (England rarely has statute of limitations.)
- bjourne 10y agoThe case is not Sweden vs Assange. The case is handled by one prosecutor (Marianne Ny) and everything attributed to Sweden is actually her decisions. If she has a plan or not, I don't think many people can tell.