[blisterpeanuts]

At this point, his "crime" is simply evading arrest. It will be interesting to see what they charge him with to justify a seven year siege.

[matt4077]

If you spent a decade hiding in the basement because you're afraid of the neighbour's cat...

...it's not the cat's fault, and the cat doesn't have to prove that it is a vicious killer one needs to hide from.

[Angostura]

> It will be interesting to see what they charge him with to justify a seven year siege.

I think only Assange and Ecuador really had it in their power to alter the length of the "siege", I don't think the Met Police were going to simply say "whatevs" once he had skipped bail.

[sgift]

You think wrong. The police decides all the time to call off operations. There is a difference between dropping the charges (that one they probably wouldn't do) and stopping the 24/7 patrolling of the embassy.

[ascorbic]

They stopped the 24/7 patrols years ago.

[julsimon]

Absolutely. So much for "heinous crimes", hey?

[hardlianotion]

They will charge him with jumping bail. Someone contributor here says that carries max 2 years.