Sydney:

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will fly to the Australian capital Canberra inside hours following a plea deal to set him free, the whistleblower web site stated Wednesday.

“Anticipated to depart in 2 hours, 58 minutes. To Canberra, Australia,” WikiLeaks stated in a social media submit, as Assange confronted court docket within the Pacific US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Assange, 52, pleaded responsible on the US court docket in Saipan to a single depend of conspiracy to acquire and disseminate US nationwide defence data.

“Responsible to the data,” Assange stated in court docket, later joking to the choose that whether or not he’s glad “relies on the result of the listening to”.

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