The six people who are being held by police on suspicion of having murdered 39 year old Arnar Jónsson at a farm on the outskirts of Reykjavík on Wednesday evening could face life in prison if found guilty of murder. Several people witnessed the attack.
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Two of the attackers were arrested at the scene, while the other four were arrested as they were fleeing the crime scene. All six have a long criminal record.
The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV reports that the six people are being held in solitary confinement in Hólmsheiði prison outside Reykjavík.
Read more: What we know of the attackers in the Reykjavík underworld murder
Yesterday a judge ruled that five of the suspects would remain in custody until June 23, while the sixth, a 31 year old woman will remain in custody until June 16. None of the suspects has appealed the ruling. The reason, according to the lawyer of one of the attackers, is that courts are unlikely to overturn the custody, given that a number of witnesses saw the suspects at the scene.
Thomas Møller Olsen, who has been charged with the murder of 20 year old local girl in January of this year is also being held at Hólmsheiði prison while he waits trial.
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Grímur Grímsson, Chief Superintendent with the Metropolitan Police, who is in charge of the investigation, told RÚV that the investigation is proceeding at a good pace. He said the investigation was a murder investigation, and that the people are being held on suspicion of murder in the first degree.
The maximum sentence for murder in the first degree in Iceland is life in prison, while the minimum sentence is five years. Courts have never handed down the maximum sentence in murder cases. In practice the maximum sentence for murder in Iceland has been 16 years in prison. In brutal murders of the first degree courts usually hand down the maximum 16 years.
The six people who are being held by police on suspicion of having murdered 39 year old Arnar Jónsson at a farm on the outskirts of Reykjavík on Wednesday evening could face life in prison if found guilty of murder. Several people witnessed the attack.
Read more: Iceland's second murder this year: Police arrests 6 people for Reykjavík underworld murder
Two of the attackers were arrested at the scene, while the other four were arrested as they were fleeing the crime scene. All six have a long criminal record.
The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV reports that the six people are being held in solitary confinement in Hólmsheiði prison outside Reykjavík.
Read more: What we know of the attackers in the Reykjavík underworld murder
Yesterday a judge ruled that five of the suspects would remain in custody until June 23, while the sixth, a 31 year old woman will remain in custody until June 16. None of the suspects has appealed the ruling. The reason, according to the lawyer of one of the attackers, is that courts are unlikely to overturn the custody, given that a number of witnesses saw the suspects at the scene.
Thomas Møller Olsen, who has been charged with the murder of 20 year old local girl in January of this year is also being held at Hólmsheiði prison while he waits trial.
Read more: Prison authorities fear for the safety of man charged with brutal murder of local girl
Grímur Grímsson, Chief Superintendent with the Metropolitan Police, who is in charge of the investigation, told RÚV that the investigation is proceeding at a good pace. He said the investigation was a murder investigation, and that the people are being held on suspicion of murder in the first degree.
The maximum sentence for murder in the first degree in Iceland is life in prison, while the minimum sentence is five years. Courts have never handed down the maximum sentence in murder cases. In practice the maximum sentence for murder in Iceland has been 16 years in prison. In brutal murders of the first degree courts usually hand down the maximum 16 years.
