‘He went through hell’: Australians on Assange’s release

Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder, has been freed from a British prison following a plea deal with US authorities.

He had been in prison for five years and before that had spent seven years hiding in Ecuador’s London embassy.

Residents in Sydney described his release as “the right result”. One person said Assange had committed “serious breaches”, but he felt he had “served his time”.