Assange has outburst in UK court over distance from lawyers
London - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday briefly disrupted his extradition hearing in Britain to complain about being forced to sit away from his lawyers.
"I can't ask, I can't instruct them," added Assange, wearing a grey blazer and a sweater over a collared shirt and seated between two guards."This case already has enough spies on my lawyers as it is."The one-time computer hacker argued he was"as much a participant in Wimbledon" -- referring to the annual tennis championships -- as in the hearing, and complained US officials present had"100 times more contact with their legal team".
His extradition hearing inside Woolwich Crown Court, next to the high-security Belmarsh prison where Assange is being held, began Monday and is expected to last five days before reconvening in May. "We respectfully submit that this is a gentle man of an intellectual nature and there's no reason why he should not be able to sit with us."
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