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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by belorn on Friday May 19, 2017 @06:18AM (#14374247)
That question was tested by the Swedish court, and they found that the prosecutor was able to continue the investigation by questioning Assange in the embassy through an agreement between the Ecuador and Sweden. This decision to drop the case was partial because of the result of that interview.
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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by efraim on Friday May 19, 2017 @07:22AM (#14374537)
That interview was led by a prosecutor from Ecuador. The Swedish prosecutor and police was only allowed to be present, so they could not question Assange as they wanted.
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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by nailer on Friday May 19, 2017 @09:09AM (#14375216)
Edited:

You're right. The Swedish prosecutor and police were present but indeed the questions were posed on their behalf.

> On Monday morning, a Swedish deputy chief prosecutor, Ingrid Isgren, and a police inspector, Cecilia Redell, arrived at the Ecuadorean Embassy, in the Knightsbridge section of West London, as journalists gathered outside.

I don't think this means that Sweden didn't get the chance to ask question though - and if there were any they were prevented from asking, I'm sure they would have stated this in the aftermath.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/world/europe/assange-wiki...

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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by efraim on Friday May 19, 2017 @09:47AM (#14375553)
Did you read your link? Ecuador was the one that shut him out and the questions were asked by a prosecutor from Ecuador.

>The questions were prepared by prosecutors in Sweden, where an arrest warrant for Mr. Assange was issued in 2010, but were posed by a prosecutor from Ecuador under an agreement the two countries made in August.

>β€œFor some reason that I am not aware of, I am not on the list of approved persons that Ecuador has established,” Mr. Samuelsson told Radio Sweden.

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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by nailer on Friday May 19, 2017 @11:02AM (#14376331)
Amended.
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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by efraim on Friday May 19, 2017 @11:54AM (#14376880)
The Swedish prosecutor has said that they hoped to get a sample of Assange's DNA during the interview, but since it was carried out by a prosecutor from Ecuador that seems unlikely and I haven't seen anything about them getting it.
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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by gribbly on Friday May 19, 2017 @01:09PM (#14377574)
What on earth would they need DNA for ?

Assange has already stated that he had sex with both women.

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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by ThomPete on Friday May 19, 2017 @07:54AM (#14374718)
Which means nothing unless you are talking about interrogation.

They could just have decided they didn't get good enough questions and kept the case open. They didn't because there isn't a case.

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