Assange wants 20 years in prison for the Spaniard who spied on him for the US. The method used by David Morales

Julian Assange has asked Spanish justice to sentence the director of a security firm, who spied on the Wikileaks founder for the US, to 20 years in prison, reports AFP.

Assange's lawyers suggested this punishment for David Morales, accused of discovering and disclosing secrets, bribery, money laundering and illegal possession of weapons, according to the statement seen by AFP on Saturday.

Assange was released from a British prison in June 2024 after a plea deal with the US government over Wikileaks' work in publishing classified military and diplomatic information.

The Australian spent five years behind bars, fighting extradition from the UK, and a further seven hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he sought political asylum.

Between 2015 and 2018, the embassy's security was overseen by the Spanish company Undercover Global. The firm is owned by Morales, a former military officer awaiting trial in Spain.

Assange's defense claims that in 2016, Morales and US authorities established contact to pass on information about Assange.

A Spanish court concluded that Morales spied on Assange and passed on “illegally obtained information” about him and other public figures, including a number of Latin American presidents, with whom he had contact.

The judge said that in 2017, Morales installed new security cameras, which, unlike the previous ones, recorded confidential conversations between the activist and his defense team, his family members and public figures.

Morales told the technicians to activate a real-time streaming system while they installed the cameras, according to the judge.