The wife of Julian Assange gave tearful thanks to the public for the support shown to her husband, as he arrived in Australia after striking a plea deal with a US court that allowed him to walk free – bringing to an end a 14-year legal battle.
Assange landed in Canberra after a six-hour flight from the island of Saipan, a US territory in the Pacific, where he was freed after pleading guilty to one charge of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information.
