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Reykjavík District Court sentenced two men to prison on Friday for the rape of a 19-year-old girl. One of the men received a five-year sentence and the other four years and six months. The pair, who have a long history with police, were also ordered to pay ISK 2 million (USD 15,635, EUR 11,700) in damages, ruv.is reports.
Reykjavík District Court.
The men reportedly dragged the woman into their car after she left a restaurant in downtown Reykjavík, drove her to their apartment and carried her inside. The men denied the charges but the court deemed their testimony unbelievable and contradictory.
The court ruled that the incident was serious and gravely humiliating for the victim, causing her extreme mental distress. The girl has reportedly been suffering from serious post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression and her psychologist says her prognosis is uncertain.
In an unrelated case, West Iceland District Court sentenced a 60-year-old man to 18 months in prison earlier this month for grave sexual offenses and soliciting child prostitution. The man committed sexual offenses against a 14-year-old boy in his car and paid him.
The man was also ordered to pay his victim ISK 600,000 (USD 4,700, EUR 3,500) in emotional damages, ruv.is reports.
The District Court sentenced the man last year but the judgment was then taken to the Supreme Court where it was overturned and referred to the District Court again.
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Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson attended an annual consultative meeting last weekend with colleagues from the Nordic and several African countries, as announced in a press release from the Minstry of Foreign Affairs.
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From many salmon rivers anglers are reporting great opening days. Reykjavík Citizen of the year caught the first salmn in Ellidaár in Reykjavík this morning.
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The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved new names for nine craters on Mercury including one for Icelandic littereture Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness.
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A petition urging the government to reconsider a proposed bill, in which the terms of the law requiring fishing companies to pay a tariff for their use of Iceland’s fishing resources are to be changed, has been signed by more than 11,000 people.
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The 2013 June-July issue of Iceland Review is out. Themed ‘We Are Young’ the magazine celebrates the arrival of summer by interviewing young energetic Icelanders who excel in art, sports, business and politics—and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, the youngest PM in the republic’s history and the world’s youngest ruling state leader. Click here to take a look at a selection of the current issue and here to subscribe to the magazine.
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The road to Höfn, a 1,690-person harbor town by the fjord Hornafjörður, is lined with reindeer. Whole herds of the wild horned animals rest peacefully on withered pastures, grace next to sheep and horses and bounce along the road. Soon, Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier and the region’s biggest attraction, comes into view. Looming over Höfn, its outlet glaciers flow down from the mountains on which the bright white icecap rests.
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Sin Fang will celebrate the release of his third album with a release concert in Iðnó on June 12. Flowers was released in February by Morr Music and has been well received by music enthusiasts and critics alike. The concert will be supported by Vök, this year’s winners of the Icelandic Music Experiments.
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