That he turned himself in is (mostly) irrelevant in the UK legal system. Here we don't have laws that cover what the swedes have supposedly charged him with, in

That he turned himself in is (mostly) irrelevant in the UK legal system. Here we don't have laws that cover what the swedes have supposedly charged him with, instead he's being charged with rape. If he successfully fights to be tried here he'll walk because what they're claiming in Sweden doesn't constitute rape in the UK. He was unable to give an actual physical address. Under the UK legal system you have to be bailed to an address. A PO box isn't enough. The chances of flight are high if the shit does hit the fan (compared to most people bailed) and (for example) the US decides to invoke the extradition treaty we signed in 2003 on the grounds of the espionage act 1917. That would be my move if I was a really stupid American FBI Director looking to alleviate political pressure from the senate and executive. The other thing as well is that a rape charge generally doesn't get bail here, so he was already on shaky ground to start with. Personally I think him being in the UK was a bad move to start with, this is probably the last country you want to be apprehended in if you're on the run from the states, just ask Gary McKinnon.