Swedish Assange Detention Order Dismissed, Alternate EU Order Suggested

[John Young]

http://www.uppsalatingsratt.domstol.se/Om-tingsratten/Nyheter-och-pressmeddelanden/Decision-concerning-an-application-for-a-detention-order-in-Case-B-3167-19/

Decision concerning an application for a detention order in Case B 3167-19

[2019-06-03] Uppsala tingsrätt

Uppsala District Court has dismissed the public 
prosecutor’s request to detain Julian Assange in 
his absence. A detention order would not be in 
accordance with the principle of proportionality.

The public prosecutor reopened the preliminary 
investigation on May 13, 2019 and applied for a 
detention order at the Court on May 20, 2019. The 
suspicion of crime is rape, less serious incident, in Enköping in 2010.

The Court has, at a hearing today, decided that 
there is probable cause for the suspicion of 
rape, less serious incident, and that there is a 
risk that Julian Assange will fail to appear or 
in some other way avoid participation in the 
investigation and the following proceedings.

The Court has, however, found that a detention 
order would not be in accordance with the 
principle of proportionality. Since Julian 
Assange is serving a prison sentence the public 
prosecutor can proceed with the preliminary 
investigation by issuing a European Investigation Order.