WikiLeaks: Assange leaves UK after agreeing US plea deal

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has officially left the UK after agreeing a US plea deal. According to court documents, in return for pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information, Assange will be sentenced to time served, 62 months - the time he has already spent in a British prison.

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