<story><title>Police stop guarding embassy refuge of Julian Assange</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34508500</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>polack</author><text>So whats the limit on how much society should spend to seek justice if someone raped you?</text></item><item><author>yc1010</author><text>&amp;quot;The estimated cost of the police presence is more than £12m.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;So who should get fired for such a waste of police resources?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rwmj</author><text>There wasn&amp;#x27;t any need to guard the Ecuadorian embassy, now or then.  He couldn&amp;#x27;t have travelled out of the country without being arrested at the port or airport, and could have been picked up easily if he&amp;#x27;d stayed at a house or hotel anywhere inside the UK.&lt;p&gt;People who are far less well known are routinely arrested by the police for failure to turn up in court.  There was no need for this expensive 24 hour guard.</text></comment>
<story><title>Police stop guarding embassy refuge of Julian Assange</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34508500</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>polack</author><text>So whats the limit on how much society should spend to seek justice if someone raped you?</text></item><item><author>yc1010</author><text>&amp;quot;The estimated cost of the police presence is more than £12m.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;So who should get fired for such a waste of police resources?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gsnedders</author><text>From the point-of-view of the Metropolitan Police, he&amp;#x27;s wanted for two things: extradition for a criminal prosecution under a EAW (to Sweden), and for arrest under Section 7 of the Bail Act (for failing to surrender himself to the police as required by the conditions of bail).</text></comment>