Julian Assange could serve jail term in Australia, lawyer for the US tells London court

The US is appealing to Britain's high court over a refusal to extradite the WikiLeaks founder on espionage charges, saying he has no history of serious and enduring mental illness'

US authorities have told British judges that if they agree to extradite Julian Assange on espionage charges, the WikiLeaks founder could serve any US prison sentence he receives in his native Australia.

In January, a lower UK court refused a US request to extradite Assange over WikiLeaks' publication of secret US military documents a decade ago.

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