Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has left the UK after agreeing a US plea deal that will see him plead guilty to criminal charges and go free.
Assange was charged with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information.
He spent the last five years in a British prison, from where he was fighting extradition to the US.
Assange will spend no time in US custody and will receive credit for the time spent locked up in the UK.
The plea deal is expected to be finalised in a court in the Northern Mariana Islands on Wednesday.
He is expected to return to Australia according to the US justice department
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said Assange is receiving diplomatic assistance ahead of his court appearance
Reactions by some residents in Sydney about the news that Julian Assange, with one saying he had “gone through hell”, adding that he was “very happy [that Assange] is coming back to Australia”.
Another said that although he believed Assange had committed “very serious breaches”, he had “served his time”.
