Assange sex case: Five things you may not know about it

5 Feb, 2016 05:07 / Updated 9 years ago

Julian Assange is co-founder of whistleblower website WikiLeaks, who has been living in Ecuadoran embassy in London since 2012 because leaving it would likely result in his extradition to Sweden. In Sweden he was accused of sex crimes against two women. Assange says the case is part of US attempt to try him for espionage. Here are five facts about the situation often omitted by the media.