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The first defendant Ragnheidur. Lára (L): What was the purpose of entering the parliament? Ragnheidur (R): To be heard L: To disturb? R: No L: Where were you when you decided to enter the parliament? R: I came from home L: Did you know that people were planning to go inside? R: No L: Did [...]

Prosecutor: what was the purpose? K: trying to make ones views known, to be heard P: Was the purpose to disturb work? K: It‘s maybe possible to call it that, that option was at least open, that disturbance on the work in parliment could happen, one realizes that. P: How did you take a decision? [...]

The prosecutor, Lára (L): What was the purpose? Sólveig Anna (SA): I choose to not answer that question L: Was there in your opinion any disturbance? SA: I choose to not answer that question The same goes for other questions regarding organization or if there had been any planning prior to entering the building. L: [...]

chooses not to answer the prosecutor’s questions. “I choose not to answer” is her answer to all questions. When the prosecutor asks about this alleged meeting Steinunn says that it does not concern the prosecutor or anyone in court what she does in her own time. She claims not to recognize herself on the video. [...]

Thor is the last defendant to be called in today. [Lara, the prosecutor]: What was the purpose? [Thor]: No comment. I´m not answering any further questions from the prosecutor. Thor gives no comment to several questions from the prosecutor. [L]: Did the people have a preplanned role before entering the parliament? [T]: Not that I [...]

Next witness is Gudfinna Gisladottir, parliament guard: She describes her entrance on the scene, saying that there was alot of people that became very loud. [Prosecutor]: Did you give any orders? [G]: I talked to them, because I didn´t believe my own eyes, what they were doing – I tried to stop them and tried [...]

Kristinn Pedersen, a police officer in the parliament Pedersen says he was upstairs at the public benches when he heard a call on the radio, which had then been ripped of him. He had looked out the window and saw that every one had covered their face. They had decided to “go easy on these [...]

Witness: Vilhjálmur Jónsson (J), parliament guard. The prosecutor asks Jónsson about his role as a parliament guard, what security protocol there is etc. His answer is similar to the other guards’, take guests overcoats, ask them to turn of cellphones. He says that people do let people in in small groups, like one or two [...]

Witness: Vigdís Jónsdóttir (VJ), assistant office manager of the parliament. Prosecutor [P]: Tell us where you were when the events took place. VJ: I was sitting next to the head of parliament inside the parliament hall, where I assist the head of parliament. P: Did you hear noises? VJ: I did not hear any noise [...]

is over today. We will continue updating the rest of the English version soon. Stay tuned tomorrow.

[Prosecutor]: Why did the police show up at the parliament? [A]: I was in a patrol car when we got a report that the building was being invaded. [P]: How was your arrival to Althingi? [A]: I was with another officer in the car, we entered through the east visitor entrance. There were “intense fights” [...]

[Prosecutor]: Why did the police arrive at the parliament? [E]: What do you mean? [P]: Why did the police show up on the scene? [E]: Undesirable people were in the building without a permission to be at the public benches [P]: Were you one of the first on the scene? [E]: Soon (unclear) [P]: What [...]

Lúðvík Kristinsson – police officer (LK). The prosecutor (P) says she is not going to call in Kristinsson. Discussions take place on whether it is too late to cancel his testimony since he was already in the building and therefore the defense lawyers (D) got to ask him. [A call from an audience]: Do you [...]