Re: Does "detained in absentia" count towards any future jail time?
FYI:
http://espresso.repubblica.it/internazionale/2015/10/16/news/five-years-confined-new-foia-documents-shed-light-on-the-julian-assange-case-1.235129
They won't interview him in the UK because he would have the right not to answer and his lawyers might spin it as "no case to answer". This is why Marianna hasn't laid formal charges against him yet.
She can drag her heals till 2020, and probably will given the 5 years she's dragged it out so far.