Forensic experts have failed to find crucial DNA evidence in the sexual assault case against Julian Assange, a British newspaper reports. <\/p>\n
In a 100-page document shown to lawyers for the Australian WikiLeaks founder, Swedish police outlined their basis for seeking the 41-year-old's extradition to Stockholm to face questioning. <\/p>\n
The report said staff at two forensic laboratories were unable to find conclusive evidence of Mr Assange's DNA on a torn condom provided by one of two women who claim to have been assaulted in August 2010. <\/p>\n
However, the same analysts have found DNA believed to belong to Mr Assange on a condom provided by a second woman, The Mail on Sunday reported. <\/p>\n
Mr Assange denies any wrongdoing and says sex with the two women was consensual. <\/p>\n
He remains holed up in London's Ecuadorian embassy in a bid to avoid Swedish extradition, which he insists would lead to him being handed to authorities in the United States, where the actions of his secret-leaking website are under investigation. <\/p>\n
The Swedish police report said that one woman, now aged 33, claims she was repeatedly molested by Mr Assange at her flat in Stockholm, adding on one occasion he deliberately broke a condom before wearing it to have unprotected sex with her against her will. <\/p>\n
Scientists were unable to find traces of Mr Assange's DNA on the condom and his lawyers suggest that is because a fake one may have been submitted, the tabloid reports. <\/p>\n
Mr Assange, who has been granted asylum by Ecuador, is yet to be formally charged with any offence by Swedish authorities. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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