The manager of Reykjavík’s Lagastoð legal office, who is in serious condition in hospital after being stabbed, had just significantly reduced his attacker’s fee bill before the attack, it has been revealed. Read the full story

A Danish man who spent several days in a coma after he crashed his car in a dramatic police chase has admitted murdering a female social worker earlier this month. Read the full story

A man of around 60 is being kept in an artificial coma in a Reykjavík hospital after a murder attempt at the lawyers’ office he works at yesterday morning. Read the full story

Danish police are to ask convicted burglars to fill out surveys in the hope gleaning information on how best to catch them. Read the full story

A Danish woman who was almost murdered by her ex-boyfriend has sparked debate about the country’s legal system after he was given a job working with a celebrity chef as part of a rehabilitation programme. Read the full story

A police investigation has been launched after a councillor for the far-right Finns Party said a man who shot and killed a Moroccan-born restaurant worker in Oulu should be given a medal. Read the full story

Three men were yesterday sentenced to prison at the Reykjavík District Court for a serious physical attack on a Greek tourist in May 2010. The fourth defendant was handed a probationary sentence. Read the full story

The woman accused of having killed her newborn baby and disposing of the corpse in a Reykjavík hotel’s dustbin last summer is today on the witness stand in court and sticking to her story that she was never even pregnant. Read the full story

A Finnish woman, who was found guilty of murdering her husband but later acquitted, has been charged with 21 counts of sex crimes along with her ex-boyfriend. Read the full story

A Swedish man has been arrested after admitting that he faked his own kidnapping in order to extort money from his parents. Read the full story