As Scotland Yard calls off its multimillion-pound 24-hour surveillance of the Ecuadorian embassy,we peep at how the rest of the WikiLeaks founder’s stay stacks upThis week Scotland Yard called off its multimillion-pound 24-hour surveillance of the Ecuadorian embassy, where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange sought political asylum. The Australian national took refuge in the Knightsbridge building in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, or where he is wanted for questioning relating to rape and molestation allegations made against him in 2010. A statement from the Metropolitan Police Service said the operation to arrest Assange continued but it was “no longer proportionate to commit officers to a permanent presence”. The Met revealed that it has cost £12m to guard the embassy over three years; here’s a peep at how the rest of Assange’s stay stacks up.
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Source: theguardian.com