Found Deceased Iceland - Birna Brjánsdóttir, 20, Reykjavík, 14 Jan 2017 *Arrests*

[Niner]

Oh geez.... poor Birna..... what did she ever do to him??!!! :tears:

hoping for

JUSTICE for BIRNA! :rose:

 

[Niner]

Well, I am definitely not a super sleuth - can't find anything that happened on Friday....

Anyone??

TIA!

 

[Niner]

:bump: for another court date today!

:rose:

 

[Vail]

http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/n...urder_case_nikolaj_was_very_drunk_says_witne/

 

[Niner]

So what happens now? Anyone know? Any more court dates?

TIA! :seeya:

 

[Niner]

Any updates on what happens now? After the hearing on Sept. 1st?

TIA! :wave:

 

[JerseyGirl]

Any updates on what happens now? After the hearing on Sept. 1st?

TIA! :wave:

I don't see anything after September 1st in MSM. (?)

The last article didn't reference what was to happened next.

 

[Niner]

Hmmm.... wondering what's going on with this case?

Anyone?

TIA! :wave:

 

[Niner]

Google Alert - sharing....

Thomas Møller Sentenced To 19 Years For Murdering Birna
http://icelandreview.com/news/2017/09/29/thomas-moller-sentenced-19-years-murdering-birna

Greenlander Thomas Møller Olsen has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for the murder of Birna Brjánsdóttir, as well as the attempted smuggle of 20 kg of hashish. The judgment was rendered in the district court of Reykjanes, South Iceland.

Olsen will also have to pay Birna's parents approximately 29 million krona ($ 271917.49) in legal costs and settlement. It is currently unclear whether the case will be appealed to the Supreme Court.


:judge:

JUSTICE for BIRNA! :rose:

 

[KelsK]

19 years? I feel so bad for her parents.

 

[Vail]

19 years? I feel so bad for her parents.

Try to keep in the context of Iceland - 20 years is equivalent to life imprisonment as they strive for rehabilitation - it may also be due to him being a foreigner, I'm not sure. There have been murderers with as few as 4 year sentences! Here is some info:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_Iceland

https://theconversation.com/how-a-rare-murder-in-iceland-has-chilled-a-nation-71766

(this is before the new prison was built) https://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2011/09/27/doingtimeiniceland/

 

[Littlegreenlady]

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/12/the-murder-that-shook-iceland

In a country with one of the lowest murder rates in the world, the killing of a 20-year-old woman upended the nation’s sense of itself.

I had the pleasure of visiting Reykjavík last year and it was such a friendly city, that I can see why people felt safe walking home at night. I can see how the murder must have shocked so many people, it's not a city which you would associate with crime.

 

[everybodhi]

Try to keep in the context of Iceland - 20 years is equivalent to life imprisonment as they strive for rehabilitation - it may also be due to him being a foreigner, I'm not sure. There have been murderers with as few as 4 year sentences! Here is some info:

Life imprisonment in Iceland - Wikipedia

How a rare murder in Iceland has chilled a nation

(this is before the new prison was built) Doing Time In Iceland - The Reykjavik Grapevine

It would have been an even easier sentence in his home country of Greenland.

Land where killers are free to go hunting
The traditional Inuit belief that criminals should not be imprisoned lives on in Greenland

Humane prison to bring Greenland's most dangerous criminals home