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malaise

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Wed May 1, 2019, 10:26 AM May 2019

So much news - Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48118908

The 47-year-old was found guilty of breaching the Bail Act last month after his arrest at the Ecuadorian Embassy.

In a letter read to the court, Assange said he had found himself "struggling with difficult circumstances".

He apologised to those who "consider I've disrespected them", a packed Southwark Crown Court heard.

"I did what I thought at the time was the best or perhaps the only thing that I could have done," he said.
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So much news - Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach (Original Post) malaise May 2019 OP
Did he really use the "sorry if you felt disrespected" defense? Wounded Bear May 2019 #1

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