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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/assange-case-hidden-agenda-fears.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Belmarsh Magistrates Court in south east London" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-assange-case-hidden-agenda-fears.jpg" alt="WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Belmarsh Magistrates Court in south east London"/></a></p>
<p>The Swedish lawyer representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said his client faces one of the &#8220;weakest&#8221; cases he has ever seen in his career.</p>
<p>Stockholm-based Bjorn Hurtig, 45, said contradictory messages posted on Twitter and a blog suggest the two alleged victims may have a &#8220;hidden agenda&#8221;.</p>
<p>The lawyer added that it was &#8220;outrageous&#8221; for a prosecutor to publicly confirm the 39-year-old Australian was under investigation for rape.</p>
<p>In a statement submitted to London&#8217;s Belmarsh Magistrates&#8217; Court ahead of the hearing on Tuesday, Mr Hurtig attacked Assange&#8217;s treatment at the hands of the Swedish authorities.</p>
<p>He said: &#8220;In my opinion, having studied the case file, as well as other material I was permitted to inspect but not to take copies or notes of (SMS/text messages from the complainants&#8217; mobile telephones) the case is one of the weakest I have ever seen in my professional career.</p>
<p>&#8220;Even leaving to one side evidential problems, I can see from the SMS/text messages, in which the complainants speak of &#8216;revenge&#8217;, obtaining money and speaking about Mr Assange in the press, that they may have a hidden agenda, which casts serious doubt on their accusations and their trustworthiness.&#8221;</p>
<p>Assange faces three charges of sexually assaulting one woman and one charge of raping another during a week-long visit to Stockholm last August.</p>
<p>He arrived at the south east London courthouse on Tuesday for the second and final day of a hearing to decide whether he should be extradited to face prosecution.</p>
<p>Court officials said District Judge Howard Riddle, who transferred the case from Westminster because of the massive press interest, is likely to reserve his decision to another date.</p>
<p>Assange&#8217;s legal team fear a move to Sweden could lead to him being taken against his will to the United States, detained at Guantanamo Bay and ultimately executed for spying.</p>
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