Julian Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson

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Published on Nov 14, 2016

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has given a statement to prosecutors regarding a Swedish rape allegation against him.

Swedish prosecutor Ingrid Isgren was at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London on Monday to hear the statement. The 45-year-old Australian has been holed up in the embassy since mid-2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden.

Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson told reporters after the day-long session that her client had given his evidence "in order to prevent the prosecutor having any more reasons not to close this investigation". She said the Assange legal team was pleased that six years after the rape allegation Mr Assange finally had the chance to put his evidence. Ms Robinson said there would be another day with prosecutors on Tuesday at the embassy to complete the interview process.

Report on 7 News at 6pm.

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