Sweden optimistic over questioning Assange in London

Another idea said Assange could leave in an unspecified “disguise” to reach a nearby rooftop helipad or merely “get lost in the crowds at Harrods”.

Documents reportedly leaked from the embassy in Knightsbridge, where he still resides, appear to reveal a list of escape plans drawn up for the WikiLeaks founder in 2012.

“Assange could leave in fancy dress or try a discreet exit”, one document stated.

In September 2012 he was discovered in the security control room, which was off-limits, and was said to have been tampering with equipment.

Surrounded by British police WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, centre, makes a statement to the media and supporters from a window of Ecuadorian Embassy in central London.

Mr Assange believes his situation will be resolved in the next two years, by which point he will have spent five years living in the embassy. A security guard took photographs of a tall bookcase which was lying face-down in the room.

Mr Assange told embassy staff later that the bookcase had fallen over of its own accord.

It continued that his behaviour was causing stress to those around him, “especially the personnel who work in the embassy, mainly women”.

But the author noted that regulations said immunity only applied to sacks that “contain only diplomatic documents or articles intended for official use” – not to mention the fact that police would be monitoring it with heat-seeking cameras. He also faces extradition to Sweden for an investigation into an alleged rape.

On August 13, prosecutors dropped two cases of sexual molestation and one of unlawful coercion against Assange because their statute of limitations ended, unlike the allegations of rape that expire in 2020.

The 44-year-old has denied the allegations, amid fears that any attempt to travel to Sweden will result in him being extradited to the USA, where he is under investigation for potential breaches of the Espionage Act.