No one ever has to be proven innocent. That is enshrined in international law. The terms used in court after a case is tried are guilty or not guilty. Not guilty is not the same as innocent. But legal niceties are not really the point here.

Assange, like it or not, is now free. He has had his liberty curtailed for a number of years, including prison time. As I said earlier, I think that his actions could have endangered lives but, as it turned out, they didn't. They also served to show up the darker side of approved government actions. Where is the line between government approved killings and terrorism? Perhaps that is a different discussion. Anyway, Assange did wrong, he served time, he is now free. I understand his reluctance to be tried in the US and I believe that, in the end, justice has been served.

The serial abuse case was not and will never be brought to trial. I, for one, will not be party to trial by social media. I hope that most on here would do the same.