Nine people who put up bail sureties for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange have been ordered by a judge to pay thousands of pounds each.
Westminster Chief Magistrate Howard Riddle said they must pay a total of £93,500 by 6 November.
Mr Assange's supporters offered the sureties before he took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden.
He faces arrest if he leaves the embassy after breaking bail conditions.
Mr Assange has been granted political asylum by Ecuador and has been in the embassy since June.
He fears that if he is extradited to Sweden he will be sent to the US to be questioned about the whistle-blowing Wikileaks website.
Mr Assange was arrested on an extradition warrant and is wanted for questioning in Sweden over rape and sexual assault allegations, which he denies.
Nine individuals have been told to pay amounts of between £3,500 and £15,000.
The judge said he accepted they had all acted in good faith.
"I accept that they trusted Mr Assange to surrender himself as required. I accept that they followed the proceedings and made necessary arrangements to remain in contact with him," he said.
"However, they failed in their basic duty, to ensure his surrender. They must have understood the risk and the concerns of the courts.
"Both this court and the High Court assessed that there were substantial grounds to believe the defendant would abscond, and that the risk could only be met by stringent conditions including the sureties."
Vaughan Smith, a friend of Mr Assange, addressed Westminster Magistrates Court last week on behalf of the nine people, who put up £140,000 between them.
He said all those who had offered sureties were "convinced that they have done and are doing the right thing".
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