Assange will return to Australia, UK media reports said, citing a letter from the US Justice Department. In return for pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information, the activist will be sentenced to time served, 62 months, time already spent in a British prison, according to court documents. After a judge formally accepts this plea, Assange can return to his wife and children in Australia.

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