Skip to main content
Donate to the 95 years appeal
CPS admits it deleted key emails linked to Assange

THE Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has admitted destroying key emails relating to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Potentially sensitive and revealing information exchanged between the CPS and Swedish prosecutors was deleted after the retirement of a CPS lawyer in 2014.

The revelation comes ahead of an information tribunal hearing in London next week, pressing the CPS to release more information.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
Migration / 18 January 2018
18 January 2018
Private Finance Initiatives / 18 January 2018
18 January 2018
Grassroots Venues / 18 January 2018
18 January 2018
Similar stories
Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, his wife Lavinia Valbonesi
Features / 18 April 2025
18 April 2025

Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa

FUTURES AT STAKE: (L to R) The MY (motor yacht) Steve Irwin
Features / 23 November 2024
23 November 2024
The veteran ocean defender, a founding member of both Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace, is under arrest in Greenland and faces extradition to Japan for protecting whales — but the world outcry isn’t there, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER