serve, allowing mr assange to return to australia, his home country. i mjoined by return to australia, his home country. i m joined by our north american correspondence. looks like this long running saga could be coming to conclusion. us more. we received conclusion. us more. we received the conclusion. us more. - received the breaking news in the last couple of hours and there are so many layers to the julian assange story. to recap what you said there, it looks like he will be a free man at some point this week, striking a plea deal with the us. he spent the last five years in a high security prison, belmarsh prison, in the uk. remember, he has been long accused by the us of exposing sensitive secrets about the war in iraq and afghanistan through the wikileaks website, the whistleblowing website. and they claim it put american operatives in danger. and almost all the charges he faced, by the way, 18 charges, were under the 1917 espionage act. but he, now, this plea deal
Before his body was found. you can see here. claiming he had his briefcase stolen. a pharmacy worker said he came in asking for a ride and looked upset. wheeler claimed he had been robbed. they say he was rambling about his car and didn t have a coat, an was carrying in one hand one of his shoes. he seemed like he was disoriented. actually i those probably had dementia or something. reporter: police don t know who may have thrown the body into a dumpster in newark, delaware. but before the body turned up friday morning. the people apparently say they regret they did not call the police or try to help him further when they realized the who was after the news reports.
Stolen. a pharmacy worker said he came and asked him for a ride and looked upset. a courthouse security guard said wheeler claimed he had been robbed, and a parking lot attendant, ian goldsborough said he was rambling about his car, his brother and his mother. he didn t have a coat on. it was cold out this evening and he had one shoe on, and like he was just kind of like wandering around, just looking around. and he was holding one shoe in his hand? and was he wearing the other shoe? he was wearing the other shoe. that s really odd. that s really odd. what did he tell you? he just told me that he was just trying to he just wanted to get warm. police still don t know who may have thrown his body into that dumpster in newark, delaware sometime after late thursday, december 30th before he turneddum up in the morning, friday, december 31st, after falling out of that garbage truck in that landfill. some say they offered him