Defence, represented by Ed Fitzgerald QC, has started "the presumption for bail should now prevail" and the grounds for refusing no longer apply because "your decision changes everything" and any "motive to abscond".
— Mohamed Elmaazi (@MElmaazi) January 6, 2021It is "utterly irrelevant" how many grounds he was discharged under, Fitzgerald says. “[T]he outcome was the order for his discharge. The natural and logical consequence of this ruling is that he gains his liberty” at least based upon conditions.
— Mohamed Elmaazi (@MElmaazi) January 6, 2021....."The court has given a decision, and the decision was that he was discharged from the [extradition] request" and that's the basis upon which Assange should be "granted his liberty" even if conditional, Fitzgerald QC says for the defence.
— Mohamed Elmaazi (@MElmaazi) January 6, 2021