Mucky-pedia: Julian Assange smeared feces on walls of Ecuador’s London embassy during his seven-year stay, country’s interior minister claims following Wikipedia founder’s arrest
- Julian Assange smeared faeces, according to Ecuador’s Interior Minister
- Embassy forced to tolerate other unimaginable behaviour by Wikileaks founder
- Assange faces up to 12 months in jail after judge found him guilty of skipping bail
Julian Assange smeared feaces over the walls of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London before he was hauled out of his seven-year-old hideaway.
The revelation was made by Ecuador’s Interior Minister after the Wikileaks founder was dramatically arrested by British police officers today.
The country’s president Lenin Moreno accused the Australian of ‘discourteous and aggressive behaviour’ as he confirmed the south American country had withdrawn his asylum status.
Julian Assange gestures to the media from a police vehicle on his arrival at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today as it was revealed he smeared feaces over the walls of the Ecuadorian Embassy
A police van sits outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police and taken into custody following the Ecuadorian government’s withdrawal of asylum
Rafael Correa, Ecuadorian president when Assange was granted asylum, branded Moreno a traitor.
But the country’s Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo hit back by claiming Correa had allowed the 47-year-old to get away with some unimaginable behaviour.
She said: ‘During his stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy, during the government of the former president Rafael Correa, they tolerated things like Mr Assange putting faeces on the walls of the embassy and other types of behaviour of this kind that is far removed from the minimum respect a guest should have in a country which has generously welcomed him.’
She did not make it clear if he had used his own faeces or someone else’s.
The revelation was made by Ecuador’s Interior Minister after the Wikileaks founder was dramatically arrested by British police officers today
The Wikileaks founder was dragged out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in handcuffs by a large group of Metropolian Police officers as stunned supporters and protesters watched on in central London
Assange, sporting a scruffy beard and unkempt hair, was dragged out of the embassy in handcuffs by a group of seven men after his asylum status was withdrawn.
He is facing up to 12 months in a British jail after being found guilty today at Westminster Magistrates Court of skipping bail in 2012 to seek refuge at the embassy over rape allegations which led to Sweden requesting his arrest.
He now faces a battle against extradition to America where he is wanted for espionage and publication of sensitive government documents.
His lawyers fear he will face the death penalty, a claim rubbished today by President Moreno who said Britain had confirmed it would not extradite Assange to a country where he could face the death sentence.
Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Jose Valencia said after the arrest: ‘Great Britain has offered guarantees that if a third country presented an extradition request, Mr Assange would not be handed over to any nation that could impose the death penalty or where he could be subjected to torture.’