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<p>WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face sex offence charges, a judge has ruled.</p>
<p>The 39-year-old Australian is accused of sexually assaulting one woman and raping another during a week-long visit to Stockholm in August.</p>
<p>But he denies any wrongdoing and his barrister, Geoffrey Robertson QC, said his client would appeal at the High Court against the extradition ruling.</p>
<p>Announcing his decision at Belmarsh Magistrates&#8217; Court in south-east London, District Judge Howard Riddle said extraditing Assange to Sweden would not breach his human rights.</p>
<p>He also disagreed with defence lawyers&#8217; claims that what Assange is accused of doing would not actually amount to rape in this country. And he dismissed the argument that the whistleblower would not receive a fair trial, despite a certain amount of negative publicity surrounding the case.</p>
<p>This publicity includes allegedly damaging comments said to have been made by the Swedish prime minister about Assange.</p>
<p>Judge Riddle said: &#8220;The defence refer to the alleged denigration of the defendant by the Swedish prime minister. For this reason and other reasons it is said Mr Assange will not receive a fair trial. I don&#8217;t accept this was the purpose of the comment or the effect.&#8221;</p>
<p>Assange was later given bail on the same conditions as before. Lady Caroline Evans and Professor Patricia David told the court they were prepared to stand £20,000 surety for him.</p>
<p>Speaking outside court afterwards, Assange&#8217;s lawyer, Mark Stephens, said the judge&#8217;s decision came as no surprise. &#8220;This was, I think, reasonably to be expected,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It reaffirms the concerns that we had about the form of tick-box justice that is the European Arrest Warrant.&#8221;</p>
<p>But he did not blame Judge Riddle, suggesting instead that he was &#8220;hamstrung&#8221;. He said: &#8220;We&#8217;re pretty sure the secrecy and the way (the case) has been conducted so far have registered with this judge.&#8221;</p>
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