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Two Men Sentenced To Prison For Assaulting Club Doormen, Paralysing One
Two assailants were sentenced to five years and six months, respectively, for an assault on two doormen of the nightclub Shooters that left one paralysed from the neck down. The doormen were also awarded damages by the court. RÚV reports that the…
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State Attorney In Child Deportation Case Criticised For Xenophobic Testimony
A person present for the initial trial involving the possible deportation of a child was reportedly shocked to listen to the arguments from the State Attorney, María Thejll, saying facts were not presented so much as “a lot of gut feelings”. The…
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Sigur rós Involved In A Lawsuit Over Millions Of ISK Missing From Concert Revenue
The 35 million ISK that went missing from the tickets sale of Sigur rós’ Norður og Niður festival were never paid back, prompting a lawsuit that dragged all parties involved to Reykjavík District Court, Fréttablaðið reports. Breach of contract According to Harpa…
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Man Charged With Murdering Mother Of Three
The Reykjavík district attorney has charged Khaled Cairo, a 38-year-old man from Yemen, with the murder of Sanita Braun, a 44 year-old mother of three from Latvia, reports Vísir. Khaled attacked Sanita on September 21 in an apartment in the Vesturbærinn neighbourhood…
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Man Fights The Bank And Wins
A man who claims his bank unfairly advised him against selling stock in the bank just before the crash has won in Reykjavík District Court. MBL reports that the man had been advised by the bank to take out an overdraft in…
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Asylum Seekers Sentenced To 30 Days
Two asylum seekers were sentenced to 30 days in jail for using false passports, but there is a good chance the matter will be overturned. A man from Sierra Leone and another man from Syria were both sentenced to 30 days in…
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Five Acquitted In Gang Rape Case
Five young men have been acquitted of charges of having raped a 16-year-old girl, based on witness testimony and video of the event. The mother of the girl in question has released a statement. Readers should be advised this story contains details…
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Seven Sentenced In Kaupthing Market Manipulation Case
Reykjavík District Court handed out prison sentences yesterday to several former Kaupthing bankers for engaging in market manipulation. Kjarninn reports that Former CEO Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson, former chairman of the board Sigurður Einarsson, former director of Kaupthing in Iceland Ingólfur Helgason, former…
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Court Rules Icelandic Torrent Site Blocked
Reykjavík District Court has today ordered ISPs Vodafone and Hringdu to block their customers from accessing the Pirate Bay and Icelandic torrent site Deildu.net. RÚV reports that this is the first time Icelandic telecoms have been allowed to deny access to a…
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Immigrant Wins Work Permit Challenge Against Government
An immigrant from Iran has won a court case against the Icelandic government, after he was denied a work permit on grounds the court found insufficient. MBL reports that the man in question came to Iceland from Iran in 2011, originally on…
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Court Orders Former Bank Mogul To Pay Up – Again
Ingólfur Helgason, former Chief Executive of Kaupthing Bank, has been ordered by the Reykjavík District Court to repay debts to the tune of 167 million ISK, reports RÚV. In all Ingólfur owes Arion Bank 167 million ISK in 2 unpaid loans. He will now…
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Leaked Memo Solely “To Impugn Reputation” Of Asylum Seeker
Reykjavík District Court has concluded, amongst other things, that the sole purpose for leaking the now-infamous memo on Nigerian asylum seeker Tony Omos was “to impugn his reputation” in the face of growing public protest over his treatment by the Ministry of…
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Asylum Seeker Successfully Appeals Deportation
The Reykjavík District Court has overruled The Directorate of Immigration’s decision to deport an asylum seeker without processing his case, Mbl reports. The District Court believes The Directorate of Immigration insufficiently investigated the Nigerian national Samuel Eboigbe Unuke’s case, given the threat…