Police in Malmö, southern Sweden, have admitted that they are “embarrassed and irritated” after a man was murdered and a police station fire bombed, despite a huge drive to combat crime in the area. Read the full story

A man in his twenties is in police custody suspected of having killed a woman yesterday in Hafnarfjörður in the Reykjavík region, Icelandic police say. Read the full story

Witnesses to crimes and accidents in Finland are frequently alerting the media before the police, according to reports. Read the full story

Two notorious Swedish murderers plan to marry after meeting and falling in love in a high security psychiatric ward. Read the full story

The Icelandic phone book company has released stickers people can use to remove Egill Einarsson from the cover of the current book after the celebrity was accused of two rapes. Read the full story

Police are hunting two phony disabled people who got out of their wheelchairs and legged it after being caught shoplifting in a Swedish supermarket. Read the full story

A man accused of money laundering and then let off without charge is suing the Icelandic State and demanding an apology. Read the full story

The Supreme Court of Iceland has upheld a Reykjavík District Court decision to allow the mother of a Greek man, who was the victim of a severe physical assault in central Reykjavík in May 2010, to act as a witness on his behalf. Read the full story

A person in Iceland’s Westfjords region has admitted to the gruesome drowning of a dog. The story was widely reported in December; along with the shock and sadness it caused in the town of Þingeyri. Read the full story

A number of Danish politicians are calling for harsher penalties for sexual crimes and an end to the legal absurdity that sees paedophiles and rapists given lesser sentences than minor fraudsters. Read the full story