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Also (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 t

Also (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 ago
It 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