All parties return to Belmarsh magistrates' court today for the last day in the WikiLeaks founder's extradition hearingulian Assange, his legal team, the QC for the Swedish prosecutor and - no doubt - supporters return to Belmarsh magistrates' court today for the final day of the WikiLeaks founder's extradition hearing in relation to allegations of rape, sexual assault and sexual molestation.
Assange denies all the allegations and has not been charged.
The hearing was scheduled to last two days but overran. When it resumes today at 10.30am, it is expected to be taken up largely with closing arguments.
The case up to now has heard from Assange's Swedish lawyer, a Swedish blogger and, also from Sweden, a retired prosecutor and a retired judge (translation issues have in part made the hearing overrun).
Arguments have centred around whether Assange can get a fair trial in Sweden, the conduct of the prosecutor (especially over her confirmation of Assange's name to the media) and whether the alleged offences are offences at all. Assange's Swedish lawyer, Björn Hurtig, introduced new evidence in the final session on Tuesday: that he had seen text messages from the two women making the allegations that speak of revenge; also that Swedish prosecutors had tried to interview Assange before he left the country, contradicting his legal team's earlier claims.
Esther Addley / @estheraddley will be in the court again, supplying tweets and telephone reports. You can read her full reports from Monday and Tuesday.
