Judge to rule Feb 6 on bid to scrap Assange arrest warrant

[Zorro]

A British judge says she will rule next month on whether to scrap a U.K. arrest warrant for the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a move that would free him to leave the Ecuadorean embassy after more than five years.

Assange's lawyers went to court Friday to argue that the warrant serves no purpose because he is no longer wanted for questioning in Sweden over alleged sex offenses.

Assange has been holed up in Ecuador's London embassy since he took refuge there in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden. Swedish prosecutors were investigating allegations of sexual assault and rape made by two women in 2010.

But prosecutors dropped the case last year, saying there was no prospect of bringing Assange to Sweden in the foreseeable future.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/assange-lawyers-court-bid-drop-arrest-warrant-105311097.html

[mythology]

1. And this is why statutes of limitations have tolling here in the U.S.

Scumbag criminals shouldn't be able to escape justice by running and hiding. He made a choice, he should pay for it.

[BigmanPigman]

2. I guess Pam Anderson won't need to

visit him and bring treats to him at the embassy anymore.

[Cicada]

3. There is probably a secret US indictment waiting to grab him

He takes one step out of the embassy and U.K. grabs him on behalf of the US indictment

He needs to get into the diplomatic pouch and fly to Ecuador. Can he do that? I think so.