Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is home now after he was released by United Kingdom court and travel to Saipan a territory of United States and plea guilty on one count-charge of conspiracy to obtained documents and published it.
Assange’s plane took off for Canberra shortly after the 52-year-old walked out of court in the US Pacific territory, having admitted to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disclose classified US national defence documents.
Assange pleaded guilty to a single charge of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information.
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He was released from Belmarsh Prison in the UK and flew to the Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory in the Pacific, for a court hearing.
Assange was sentenced to time served, which is 62 months, and will not serve additional time in the US.
He will return to Australia, where he was born, and be reunited with his family.
The plea deal ends the long-running legal battle over the publication of classified documents by WikiLeaks.
Assange’s release and plea deal bring an end to a 14-year legal battle, and his return to Australia marks a new chapter in his life.
During the hearing, prosecutors said the WikiLeaks founder actively encouraged leaks of classified information.
They said Assange told leakers that “top secret means nothing”.
After the sentencing, Assange’s lawyer, Barry Pollack, said: “Wikileaks’s work will continue and Mr Assange, I have no doubt, will be a continuing force for freedom of speech and transparency in government.
“He is a powerful voice and a voice that cannot and should not be silenced.”
Assange did not make any comments.