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Stella Morris the wife of Julian Assange talks to the media outside Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, after Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was formally issued with an order for extradition to the US to face espionage charges
JULIAN ASSANGE came a step closer to extradition today after chief magistrate Paul Goldspring sent his case to Home Secretary Priti Patel to consider.
At a procedural sitting of Westminster magistrates’ court, Mr Goldspring said that there was no scope for new evidence or arguments for the Wikileaks founder at this stage, but that a further appeal was possible.
Mr Assange appeared by video-link from Belmarsh prison, looking slightly slumped and slow to respond.
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