Witnesses who worked for company accused of spying on WikiLeaks founder claimed they were at risk
Former employees of a security firm accused of spying on Julian Assange at Ecuador’s embassy in the UK will be allowed to give evidence to his extradition trial anonymously after claiming they would be at risk of kidnapping or poisoning.
Anonymity was granted to two former employees of UC Global after a hearing at the Old Bailey in London was told they feared that its director and owner, David Morales, or others connected to him in the US, could seek to harm them.
