It has not yet been decided when the body of chess grand master Bobby Fischer will be exhumed; but the Supreme Court of Iceland ruled this week that it will happen. Read the full story
Posted on 19 June 2010.
It has not yet been decided when the body of chess grand master Bobby Fischer will be exhumed; but the Supreme Court of Iceland ruled this week that it will happen. Read the full story
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Posted on 13 May 2010.
An outdoor concert is planned for this Saturday in support of the nine people charged with assault at Althingi during last winter’s “pots & pans revolution”. Read the full story
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Posted on 16 January 2010.
A Gothenburg businessman is facing charges of procuring sexual favours after he was the unwitting victim of a plan by a trio of women to make fast money to fund their night out. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 January 2010.
In what is believed to be the youngest case of conviction for aggravated pimping, a girl aged just 17 has been sentenced for her role in the sale of the sexual services of a disabled 14-year-old girl. The alleged mastermind of the operation, a 20-year-old man, was acquitted of all charges. Read the full story
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Posted on 02 December 2009.
Iceland’s State Prosecutor has charged a woman for stabbing a five year-old girl in the chest with a knife. Read the full story
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Posted on 02 December 2009.
A former murder case involving a 63-year-old Swedish woman from the southern Smaland region has been reopened by local police who now suspect that the killer was an elk. Read the full story
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Posted on 29 November 2009.
A working group has been established in Finland to investigate the possibility of reducing sentences for the exchange of an admission of guilt. Read the full story
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Posted on 13 November 2009.
A Swedish man who saved a woman from assault has been sentenced to prison rather than being applauded for performing a civic duty. Read the full story
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Posted on 03 October 2009.
The mastermind behind a teenage sex ring in Sweden has been found guilty of aggravated pimping charges and sentenced to four years in prison. Online newspaper The Local also confirmed that the 40-year-old man has been ordered to pay damages of around 390,000 kroner. Read the full story
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Posted on 21 August 2009.
A week ago, a well known dangerous criminal, Hosmany Ramos from Brazil, was on his way from Norway to Canada when he was stopped in Keflavik, Iceland by police. He was found travelling on a false passport, which was his brother’s. Ramos has been sitting in a local prison in Reykjavik since his arrest. Read the full story
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