(AP Photo/Amel Emric, file)LONDON – Julian Assange relayed how he “binge-watched” the suicide of the former Bosnian Croat general in a U.N. courtroom three years ago, a doctor who visited the WikiLeaks founder on several occasions while he was in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London told an extradition hearing Thursday.
Psychologist Nigel Blackwood, who assessed Assange at Belmarsh, rebutted defense experts on the extent of Assange’s condition, saying his suicide risk was “manageable."
“I think there is some risk of suicide but that risk has to be carefully managed at Belmarsh," he said.
Noting that Assange has been “highly functioning to a very high level in running a very successful organization."
“I think there is some risk of suicide attempt linked to extradition, but not substantial risk,” he told the court.