[Ynet] Sweden's top prosecutor says she is dropping an investigation into a rape claim against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after almost seven years.The Swedish Prosecution Authority said in a statement Friday that Marianne Ny "has decided to discontinue the investigation."
| Seven years imprisoned in that embassy is probably a longer sentence than the Swedish courts would have given him. But his travails are not yet at an end. Al Ahram adds: |
The police said in a statement that a warrant was issued against him for failing to hand himself in in 2012, adding: "The Metropolitan Police Service is obliged to execute that warrant should he leave the embassy".