Julian Assange founder of Wikileaks is expected to plead guilty this week to violating US espionage law in a deal that could end his imprisonment in Britain and allow him to return to Australia, US prosecutors said.
Assange, 52, has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified US national defense documents, according to filings in the US District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.
He is scheduled to be sentenced to 62 months of time already served at a hearing on the island of Saipan at 9 a.m. local time on Wednesday (1900 EDT/2300 GMT on Tuesday). Assange is expected to return home after the hearing.
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