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Julian Assange’s wife speaks of elation over plea deal

A screengrab captured from a video shows Julian Assange boarding an aircraft
Assange was released from Belmarsh prison and boarded a flight from Stansted on Monday evening. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Julian’s Assange’s wife has told of her elation that the WikiLeaks founder has been released from Belmarsh prison in London and will soon be a “free man” under a deal in which he will plead guilty to violating US espionage law.

Speaking from Australia, where she flew on Sunday to prepare her family’s new life, Stella Assange, a human rights lawyer, said she had not told the couple’s two young sons, Gabriel and Max, about their father’s release after five years in jail for fear of the information leaking.

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