The case of the shuttler has attracted considerable attention, but Haukur Ægir Hauksson, who was one of the defendants in the so-called Sólheimajökull case, was accused of having tried to kill him following the sexual offence. In April of last year, he was sentenced to one year in prison for assaulting the shuttler, but was acquitted of the charge of attempted murder.
The national court upheld the shuttler’s sentence
In January of last year, the shuttler was sentenced to ten months’ probation in the Reykjavík District Court for having, on the night of Saturday, March 11, 2023, in a car that was driving, en route from Hafnarstræti to an unspecified place in Reykjavík, groped the girl’s breasts and genitals in her underwear and tried to kiss her with tongue kisses.
In the judgment of the district court, it was specifically stated that when determining the punishment, it will be taken into account that, following the events of the case, the man was seriously attacked and that he had not yet fully recovered from that attack.
No such coverage was found the judgment of the National Courtwhich was pronounced last November. The national court sentenced the man to one year in prison and, in view of his probation violation on the previous sentence and the seriousness of the offense, did not consider that there was material to tie the sentence to probation.
Had hit Hauk Ægi and his friend with a club
It attracted some attention in January last year when Haukur Ægir discussed the events in question with Frosta Logason on his podcast, Break throw. He said he was falsely accused of attempted murder and that the shuttler had started their fight by hitting him and his girlfriend with a bat. His friend is the mother of the girl the shuttle harassed.
Haukur Ægir recently shared a letter from the District Prosecutor’s Office on Facebook, where he is informed of the office’s decision that it has been decided to drop the prosecution against the shuttler.
It says that the shuttler was sued for hitting Hauk Ægi in the head with a 53-centimeter wooden stick, with the result that he received a bullet with a scratch on the right side of his head. The prosecution believes that the shuttler’s intended behavior complies with the provisions of the General Penal Code on particularly dangerous assault.
Would not have received further punishment
On the other hand, it says that with reference to the law on the handling of criminal cases, it has been decided to drop the prosecution against the shuttler for the alleged offence, but according to the law, it is allowed to drop the prosecution when a person who has been sentenced for an offense is found to have committed another offense before he was sentenced, since it can be assumed that there will be no further punishment even if convicted.
If, as discussed above, the shuttler received a twelve-month prison sentence by the National Court’s judgment from November 2025, but the incident in the case took place before the judgment was pronounced, and therefore it would be a case of increased punishment, there would be a conviction. Then more than three years have passed since the intended offense.
“As the circumstances of the case stand, it is highly unlikely that the accused will be punished further if he is found guilty.”
