The alleged rape investigation involving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is currently in prison in Britain, has been discontinued, a Swedish prosecutor has said, Eurasia Diary reports citing The Guardian.
“I want to inform about my decision to discontinue the preliminary investigation,” deputy chief prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson told a news conference.
Tuesday’s decision follows a ruling in June by a Swedish court that Assange – who denies the accusation – should not be detained.
Two months earlier, the 48-year-old Australian was evicted from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he had been holed up since 2012. He was immediately arrested and is currently serving a 50-week sentence in Belmarsh prison in London for jumping bail in 2012.
He is also fighting extradition to the US, which accuses him of publishing secret documents.