From a plea deal to a 2am prison call: how Julian Assange finally gained freedom
by Daniel Boffey in London and Daniel Hurst in Canber from World news | The Guardian on (#6NS02)
A lawyer's offer, a judgment that foretold years of legal wrangling, and diplomatic pressure all played a part in the release of the WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange released from prison - live updates
It was, as his friends described it, the last kick of the British establishment". At 2am on Monday, Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, was woken in his small cell in the high-security Belmarsh prison, south-east London, and ordered to dress before being put in handcuffs.
It was the beginning of the end of Assange's incarceration in Britain but it was going to be on his jailers' terms.
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