Julian Assange Admitted Into Belmarsh Medical Ward; Provably False Rape Allegations Hearing Delay Denied
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been admitted into the hospital ward of Belmarsh following reports by Assange’s defense lawyer that a motion to delay a hearing in Sweden next Monday, on the provably fraudulent rape allegations (which this reporter has exposed), has been denied.
Reuters reports:
The Swedish prosecutor heading an investigation into the rape allegation against Assange, which he denies, this month filed a request with a local court for him to be detained with a hearing scheduled for June 3.
Swedish defense lawyer Per Samuelson told Reuters he had visited Assange in British custody on Friday after which he had sought to have the hearing postponed.
Assange’s lawyer cited his health conditions as one of the reasons that the hearing should be delayed stating his client was not able to have a normal conversation and, as a result, he hasn’t had enough time to get a defense together.
“One of the reasons is that Assange’s health situation on Friday was such that it was not possible to conduct a normal conversation with him,” Samuelson said.
“I meant that it should be postponed until I had time to meet again and go through the issues in peace and quiet. I suggested no specific date and meant it should be postponed until everything was ready, but the district court has now decided that this won’t happen.”
However, despite ongoing health concerns of Assange, the court denied the motion to delay the hearing scheduled for next Monday, in Sweden.
Assange’s lawyer also stated in a Swedish news article that his client has been recently admitted to the medical ward of Belmarsh prison. However, there is no further information on the state of Assange’s health, or if conditions have worsened since he was taken into prison or if this is from existing health conditions he experienced from the treatment while in the UK embassy.
This denial of extending the hearing past Monday is compounded with originally denying lawyers access to court transcripts of statements to copy, pushing his defense to have to read documents and then remember what was said to write it up by memory. Which, obviously would create a flimsy defense by design.
A former Prosecutor, Ove Nordström, Källby, previously notified Prosecutor Marianne Ny (the woman responsible for the preliminary investigation of the allegations) to the police unit for special investigations. In other words, a special prosecutor to be assigned to investigate the Assange case corruption for the rape allegations. While another former prosecutor, Rolf Hillegren said prior that Ny should have been replaced.
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