Julian Assange given permission to marry fiancée Stella Morris inside top ...

Julian Assange given permission to marry fiancée Stella Morris inside top ...
Julian Assange given permission to marry fiancée Stella Morris inside top ...

Julian Assange has been given permission to marry his fiancée Stella Moris inside Britain's highest security prison.

The Wikileaks founder is fighting extradition to the US from Belmarsh Prison where he has been held since 2019.

He applied for permission to wed Ms Morris, 38, the mother of his two children, last month.

South African-born lawyer Stella Morris (right) and Assange (left) began dating in 2015 after she helped work on a legal bid to halt his extraditions

South African-born lawyer Stella Morris (right) and Assange (left) began dating in 2015 after she helped work on a legal bid to halt his extraditions

Assange could now marry the lawyer as early as next month but they will only be allowed a handful of guests including two witnesses.

The couple are paying for the service themselves, a source told The Sun

Ms Moris told the PA news agency: 'I am relieved that reason prevailed and I hope there will be no further interference with our marriage.'

A Prison Service spokesperson said: 'Mr Assange's application was received, considered and processed in the usual way by the prison governor, as for any other prisoner.' 

The 50-year-old is wanted in the US on allegations of a conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following WikiLeaks's publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

It comes after a court heard that a psychiatrist withheld evidence from Assange's first extradition hearing that he had fathered two children while in the Ecuadorean embassy.

Michael Kopelman, of King's College London, was accused of failing to reveal Assange had babies with his Ms Moris in the Ecuadorean Embassy.

Gabriel, three, and his brother Max, one, were conceived while Assange was hiding out in the Ecuadorian embassy in London

Gabriel, three, and his brother Max, one, were conceived while Assange was hiding out in the Ecuadorian embassy in London

Lawyers for the Assange told the High Court he spoke to defence solicitor Gareth Peirce, 80, about identifying Ms Moris and the children.

Edward Fitzgerald, QC, said: 'Ms Peirce indicated that she believed that such identification be temporarily postponed.'

He said the psychiatrist, who gave key evidence on Assange's mental state, had admitted withholding details to protect the family's privacy.

But the US government claims a district judge who blocked the extradition should have ruled out Kepelman's evidence after it emerged he had misled her.

Michael Kopelman (pictured), of King's College London, was accused of failing to reveal Assange had babies with his lawyer Stella Moris in the Ecuadorean Embassy

Michael Kopelman (pictured), of King's College London, was accused of failing to reveal Assange had babies with his lawyer Stella Moris in the Ecuadorean Embassy

Lawyers for the Assange (pictured in a court sketch) told the High Court he spoke to defence solicitor Gareth Peirce, 80, about identifying Ms Moris and the children

Lawyers for the Assange (pictured in a court sketch) told the High Court he spoke to defence solicitor Gareth Peirce, 80, about identifying Ms Moris and the children

Edward Fitzgerald, QC, said: 'Ms Peirce indicated that she believed that such identification be temporarily postponed.' Pictured: Ms Moris

Edward Fitzgerald, QC, said: 'Ms Peirce indicated that she believed that such identification be temporarily postponed.' Pictured: Ms Moris

Assange must wait to discover whether senior judges will overturn a decision not to extradite him to the US following a two-day hearing at the High Court. 

US authorities are challenging a January ruling by then-district judge Vanessa Baraitser that Assange should not be sent to the US, in which she cited a real and 'oppressive' risk of suicide.

Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett, sitting with Lord Justice Holroyde, said lawyers had given them 'much to think about' and that they would 'take time to consider our decision' at the end of legal arguments on Thursday.

Supporters of Mr Assange, who only joined the hearing via video-link from Belmarsh prison on Wednesday, demonstrated outside the Royal Courts of Justice throughout the court proceedings.

The court was told that blocking Assange's removal to the US due to his mental health risks 'rewarding fugitives for their flight'.

Assange is pictured peeking out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in a photograph from 2016

Assange is pictured

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