Assange will kill himself if he is extradited

Julian Assange is ‘very resourceful’ and is recruiting fellow inmates to his cause at maximum security Belmarsh prison, the Old Bailey heard. Dr Nigel Blackwood, a consultant forensic psychologist, made the claims at Assange’s extradition hearing today (thurs). The Australian, 49, is wanted in the US for allegedly conspiring with army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to expose military secrets between January and May 2010. Wearing a blue felt suit and light blue tie, the bespectacled Scot said: ‘He talks proudly…