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One thing I'm wondering, before he fled to the Embassy, he was out on bail, for which supporters of his put up their property for. Given that he skipped bail th
by daemin 7y ago
One thing I'm wondering, before he fled to the Embassy, he was out on bail, for which supporters of his put up their property for. Given that he skipped bail they would have forfeited that property, now that he's arrested again do they get it back?
- ChrisSD 7y agoIn a word, no. He broke his bail agreement and was a fugitive for years. The supporters who put money and assets forward where doing it to show their faith that Assange was not a flight risk. This has been proven to be false.
- dullgiulio 7y agoAlso (correct me if I am wrong), there is no legal trace that the bail money was not from Assange own funds. In other words, if he did surrender according to terms, the money would have gone back to Assange who would have returned it to the donors himself. I am not sure the donors have any legal way to get the money back now. Unless there were agreements Assange signed, all that money was basically gifts.
- tommorris 7y agoIt is a criminal offence under s9 of the Bail Act 1976 to agree to indemnify a bail surety. If Assange's guarantors had entered into an agreement with Assange, that agreement would have been illegal under English criminal law, and thus an unenforceable contract. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/63/section/9 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/63/section/9
- gsnedders 7y agoA condition of bail is to surrender himself as requested within a certain timeframe. The surety put forward is a guarantee of that condition; the fact that he was later arrested has no bearing on the fact that that condition was broken.