Julian Assange arrested at Ecuadorian embassy

Watch: Moment Julian Assange hauled out of Ecuadorian embassy (Sky)

Police have forcibly removed the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, from the Ecuadorian embassy in London and arrested him, after the Ecuadorian government withdrew asylum.

Appearing before Westminster magistrates, Assange was found guilty of breaching bail and was told he would face a jail sentence of up to 12 months when he is sentenced at crown court.He says Julian Assange’s behaviour is “the behaviour of a narcissist who cannot get beyond his own selfish interest”— Daniel Sandford (@BBCDanielS) April 11, 2019

The 47-year-old had been taken into police custody for failing to surrender to bail and on a US extradition warrant, after Metropolitan police officers were invited into the Knightsbridge embassy. He had taken refuge there for almost seven years to avoid extradition to Sweden, where authorities wanted to question him as part of a sexual assault investigation

He was being held on Thursday on a warrant issued by Westminster magistrates court on 29 June 2012, when he failed to surrender to the court.
Earlier, footage showed Assange, heavily bearded, shouting and gesticulating and being carried out in handcuffs by plainclothes officers and put in a police van shortly after 10am.
Assange had refused to leave the embassy, claiming he would be extradited to the US for questioning over the activities of WikiLeaks.