Tryggvi’s stay is believed to be one of the longest stays in solitary confinement outside of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. including our Ones to Watch: the industry’s next big names, as nominated by, Sugar Paper Theories: Iceland’s notorious case of memory implantation, acquitted the five men convicted of manslaughter, British Journal of Photography’s 2019 IPA Award, Identity, not Anatomy: Katia Repina and Carla Moral’s portrait of the intersex experience, Alexis Pazoumian photographs Nagorno-Karabakh’s struggle for independence, Muge travels the Yangtze River, tenderly photographing communities displaced by flooding. Along with a group of his friends, he was convicted of two murders in 1980, after having been held in custody for a long time. We had an influential doctumentary on the case around two decades ago on Icelandic TV, Erla's biography was published ages ago, Sævar Ciesielski was a … In all cases, unless otherwise noted, the remains of the victims were never recovered. The family members of the fivesome witnessed the acquittal today in an emotionally charged courtroom. Heinolan Taidemuseon Ystävät ry. Karl Schütz’s View of Saevar 334. This was thought to stop people from lying, but has also been proven to make them susceptible to coercion. At the time, Bolladottir was in a relationship with Sævar Ciesielski — one of the men convicted of manslaughter — and was a teenage mother to their 11-week-old daughter. Saevar’s Speech Before the District Court 335. He died on July 12, 2011. A Murder to Remember podcast on demand - A Murdercast for fans of brutality, mystery, and everything murder. This is largely manifested in the design. The then government had a great interest in an early closure, especially of the Geirfinnur case, because the police investigations revealed the involvement of the then Minister of Justice, Ólafur Jóhannesson, in … Sævar received the heaviest sentence of all and spent a gruelling 741 days in isolation. I’ve testified in several countries – hundreds of cases I’ve done, big cases. Back in 2007, 17-year-old Latham was working as a nightclub photographer, and, after flunking his exams, Hetherington encouraged him to pursue photography. Ota yhteyttä: 050 4144 200 (päivystys ma-to 8.00-16.30 ja pe 8.00-16.00) tai mediamyynti@a-lehdet.fi Breidavík’s Public Enquiry 337. Tryggvi Rúnar Leifsson received an acquittal today for his part in the case. She studied English Literature and History of Art at the University of Leeds, followed by an MA in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London. “Maybe that’s where my work falls, within that gap between art photography and journalism.”. Saevar’s Speech Before the District Court 335. OpenWalls The Psychology of False Confessions - ISBN: 9781119315698 - (ebook) - von Gisli H. Gudjonsson, Verlag: Wiley Female in Focus Yes, Saevar Did Have Undiagnosed ADHD 338. Some of the images are printed across the book’s ‘french folds’ — “so that the viewer never gets to see the ‘full picture’” — and onto silver paper, as a nod to the origins of photography and the notion of it as the “great equaliser of truth”, says  Latham, adding: “Photographs have an innate authority about them; photography and memory are so intertwined. Each week we dive into some of the most vile cases we can find to discuss. Friday, June 24, 2016 was Jason Sheats’ 45th birthday, but instead of it being a day of celebration, it would end in tragedy. ... Julia, her eldest daughter, is now 41 and, Bolladottir says, in touch with her half-siblings, Ciesielski’s other children, who are also hoping to prove their father’s innocence. Davíð Þór Björgvinsson, the district attorney in the case, has also requested a full acquittal of the individuals found guilty in the case. Kaakon Viestintä Oy. The request to reopen the case on behalf of Erla Bolladóttir was rejected. The main suspect was 20 year old Saevar Ciesielski, later his partner of the same age Erla Bolladottir and four other Icelanders were targeted by the investigators. Here she sits at the front row of today’s hearing, with the family of Tryggvi Rúnar Leifsson conversing with a judge in the background. This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. So much has changed since then due in part to the diligent work done by Gisli H. Gudjonsson. On the night he went missing, Bolladottir thought she dreamed of her boyfriend, Saevar Ciesielski, being outside her bedroom with a body. Among the methods used by police to gain confessions were lengthy stays in isolation, water torture, sleep deprivation, drugs, and a lack of contact with lawyers. Breidavík’s Public Enquiry 337. “I’ve worked on miscarriages of justice in many different countries. Decade of Change, About 1854 Despite retracting their confessions, Ciesielski and four friends were convicted of murder; Bolladottir was convicted of perjury for … The time that it took to receive the confessions, along with the methods used to extract them are among the reasons listed for why the confessions are believed to be dubious at best. ... Geetha was born as the eldest daughter of Wijaya, a journalist and Udula Kumarasinghe. I’d never come across any case where there had been such intense interrogation, so many interrogations, and such lengthy solitary confinement. Sævar Ciesielski in 1976. 42 | "Stuck in big water" | Christy Sheats & Sævar Ciesielski Wendell Callahan: https://bit.ly/38gNuTU | Erveena Hammonds (Ex-girlfriend) and her 7 & 10 year old daughters, Breya and Anaesia: https://bit.ly/2vvzok7 - - - Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the development of the science behind the psychology of false confessions Four decades ago, little was known or understood about false confessions and the reasons behind them. Their confessions were spurred in part by the testimony of Erla Bolladottir, girlfriend of the group’s alleged ringleader, Sævar Ciesielski. Mediatalo Keskisuomalaiseen kuuluva Kaakon Viestintä Oy on kaakkoissuomalainen mediayhtiö, jolla on alue-, paikallis- ja ilmaisjakelulehtiä, useita verkkopalveluita sekä sanomalehtipaino. Latham and Guðjónsson interviewed all four living victims of the case, but made a conscious choice not to photograph them. The committee of reopening cases agreed to have a retrial for the cases of five individuals sentenced for their role in the Guðmundur and Geirfinnur case last February. Just over a year ago, 44 years after the case, the Supreme Court of Iceland acquitted the five men convicted of manslaughter, but the sixth person, Erla Bolladottir, is still guilty in the eyes of the law, and is campaigning to have her conviction for perjury overturned. After Saevar served his sentence he began to campaign for his innocence, but died before he was able to clear his name. The six individuals charged for the murders. The Gudmundur and Geirfinnur case, also known as the Reykjavik Confessions, is a case concerning the disappearances of Gudmundur Einarsson and Geirfinnur Einarsson in 1974 in Iceland. BJP International Photography Award Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the development of the science behind the psychology of false confessions Four decades ago, little was known or understood about false confessions and the reasons behind them. Guðmundur and Geirfinnur Cold Case Re-Opened? Learn more about our use of cookies: Cookie Policy. The lawyers of the defendants have made stark remarks about the hardship the defendants had to endure in the case. Yhdistyksen tarkoituksena on edistää taidemuseotoimintaa ja siihen liittyvää kuvataiteen harrastusta Heinolan alueella sekä toimia kuvataidetta harrastavien ja siitä … Murders are few and far between in Iceland and even more so in the 70s. Six people were ultimately convicted of the murders of these two men based on confessions extracted by members of the police force. 13 Did Saevar Ciesielski Have Undiagnosed ADHD? Ep. Produced over the course of around six trips made to Iceland between 2014-2016, Sugar Paper Theories was published by Here Press after winning the Bar-Tur Photobook Award. November 19, 1974: Geirfinnur Einarsson disappears. A special committee was founded to handle the reopening of the case, and the committee believes that the foundation for the confessions is inadequate. Saevar in solitary. Police then brought in Ciesielski and four of his closest friends for questioning and, one by one, they admitted to the murders. He moved to Copenhagen and ended up on the streets where he died in aged Remained in Iceland with her daughter. Saevar’s Interrogation 332. “I mixed up the images to create a false sense of authority, so the viewer is at the mercy of how we choose to sequence it,” says Latham, who was interested in drawing parallels between the narrative of his book, and that of the police. “Our lives as we knew them were gone. I was absolutely shocked when I saw that”, Gísli H. Guðjónsson, professor of Forensic Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry of King’s College London. “Gísli’s articles are paired with my photographs, which were made suggestively,” says Latham. Authors This eye-opening book by the Icelandic/British clinical forensic … Sævar Cieselski had to endure the longest stay in custody, a total of 1533 days, 615 of those in solitary confinement. Breidavík 335. Mugshots of the suspects. The individuals were charged for the murders of Guðmundur Einarsson and Geirfinnur Einarsson in 1974, for which the fivesome received sentences in 1980. Image via BBC/Netflix. Out of Thin Air (2017) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In 1974 two men vanished several months apart. Directed by Dylan Howitt, the film covers the events of the murders and was inspired by the BBC programme ‘The Reykjavík Confessions’, which was released in 2014. The first photograph in Latham’s book is of Sid’s desk, where a timeline of events has been mapped out onto sugar paper, which inspired the title of the project. The bodies of Guðmundur and Geirfinnur were never found. It is believed that this pressure led to the extreme methods performed in order to extract confessions. At the time, Bolladottir was in a relationship with Sævar Ciesielski — one of the men convicted of manslaughter — and was a teenage mother to their 11-week-old daughter. A full acquittal is requested for all of the individuals that were granted a retrial in the case, other than Guðjón Skarphéðinsson whose defendant requested that his client be declared innocent. In December 1975, he and his girlfriend, Erla Bolladottir, were arrested for an unrelated minor crime and the police, for reasons unclear, asked Erla questions about the disappearance of Gudmundur and Geirfinnur. The photographer’s interest in experimenting with narrative was nurtured during his degree in documentary photography at Newport University — where he studied under Ken Grant — but the seed was originally planted by photojournalist and family friend Tim Hetherington, who was tragically killed in a mortar attack in Libya in April 2011. Circumstantial and forensic evidence are prominent in such convictions. Kiinnostaako yhteistyö Apu-blogeissa? She was the girlfriend of dark-haired Saevar Ciesielski, 20, whose Polish surname stood out in the community. Guðjón Skarphéðinsson is … The six individuals eventually charged with the murders were Sævar Ciesielski, Kristján Viðar Júlíusson, Tryggvi Rúnar Leifsson, Albert Klahn Skaftason, Guðjón Skarphéðinsson, and Erla Bolladóttir. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone. In December 1975, two 20-year-olds, Saevar Ciesielski and his ... Bolladottir had been held in solitary confinement for a week and prevented from seeing her 11-week-old daughter. Guðjónsson, whose expert testimony famously led to the overturning of the Birmingham Six and Guildford Four, and this case, the Reykjavik Confessions, had never worked with an artist before. Listen to the A Murder to Remember Podcast now! Our History Rumours, as they often do, abounded, concerning a small-time crook who had been arrested for smuggling cannabis from Denmark called Saevar Ciesielski. Ten months later, on 19 November, Geirfinnur Einarsson [unrelated to Guðmundur Einarsson] went missing after abruptly leaving his home following a mysterious phone call. No expectation of privacy except as … The main suspect was 20 year old Saevar Ciesielski, later his partner of the same age Erla Bolladottir and four other Icelanders were targeted by the investigators. Image Credits. The updated edition also includes additional text by Professor Gísli Guðjónsson CBE, a London-based, Icelandic world expert in ‘memory distrust syndrome’, a term which the leading criminal psychologist co-coined in 1982. Press enquiries, Portrait of Humanity Breidavík 335. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. In the early hours of Sunday 27 January 1974, 18-year-old Guðmundur Einarsson was making his way home after a night of drinking in the port town of Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. 29 posts published by dullwood68 during September 2018. She implicated her boyfriend Saevar Ciesielski and four of his friends who were all brought to the station for questioning. The Story Of The Biggest Criminal Investigation In Iceland's History What makes this case so unique, is that five out of the six were said to suffer from Memory Distrust Syndrome. ‘Out of Thin Air’, a documentary covering the events of the Guðmundur and Geirfinnur case was released by Netflix in 2017. In 1972, a nine-year-old girl who was the daughter of a police chief was raped and murdered after leaving her home to visit a comic book shop. 1854 Media is a multi-award-winning digital media organisation with a global community including millions of photographers, arts lovers and international brands. The defendant Sævar Ciesielski, who was known to police at the time and had been picked up along with his girlfriend (and mother of his eleven-month-old daughter) Erla Bolladóttir, for a petty crime in December 1975, was eventually implicated in the suspected murders of both of the disappeared men. The Reykjavik Confessions - The mystery of why six people admitted roles in two murders - when they couldn't remember anything about the crimes. So much has changed since then due in part to the diligent work done by Gisli H. Gudjonsson. Salient Points 331. The police investigations into the cases were widely based on rumors and assumptions, which led to the interrogations, arrests, and convictions of six individuals, all of whom were acquainted: Saevar Ciesielski, Erla Bolladottir, Gudjón Skarphédinsson, Tryggvi Leifsson, Krisjan Vidarsson, and Albert Skaftason. December 13, 1975: Sævar Ciesielski and Erla Bolladóttir are arrested and detained. After over a year of extensive searches and investigation, the Icelandic police were under enormous pressure to solve the cases. Apart from the alleged CIA agent K Pétursson keen interest in Sævar M Ciesielski since early 1973, and the curious US embassy staff visit to Sævar in the Síðumúla Prison the last of the American interest in him, is seen in the autumn of 1976 were H Kissinger is meddling, in person, in Sævar affairs even though he was not a US citizen as mentioned in US embassy documents. Photography is so subjective, you have to form your own opinions. Retractions 333. When notorious double-murderer Saevar Ciesielski died homeless on the streets of Copenhagen in 2011, she started researching the story, looking for a new angle to report on the case. “There is this tension that happens when the scientific meets the subjective.” While Guðjónsson’s commentary, which is split into six chapters, provides a chronological account of the case, Latham’s images, which include photographs of places, people, and artefacts, as well as archival images and clippings from case files and news reports, are not. Get in touch On the night he went missing, Bolladottir thought she dreamed of her boyfriend, Saevar Ciesielski, being outside her bedroom with a body. It was the perfect medium to explore the case.”. Sævar Ciesielski died in Copenhagen on July 13, of accidental causes. [The foreword to the book] was a good vessel for her to tell her narrative. In December 1975, he and his girlfriend, Erla Bolladottir, were arrested for an unrelated minor crime and the police, for reasons unclear, asked Erla questions about the disappearance of Gudmundur and Geirfinnur. The first edition quickly sold out, and following the confirmation of an exhibition, Latham decided to produce a second edition that expanded on recent developments in the case. They were Sævar Marinó Ciesielski and Erla Bolladóttir, a pair of on-and-off lovers who had recently become parents to an infant girl when they were taken into custody on December 12 and 13, 1975, respectively.26 26 Both have provided informative testimonies of the first days of the investigation, for example in their autobiographies, Stattu þig drengur. On 22 February 1980 the Supreme Court convicted Saevar Ciesielski of manslaughter in the Gudmundur Einarsson and Geirfinnur Einarsson cases and perjury with regard to the 'four wrongly accused'. In his first photobook A Pink Flamingo (2015), Latham photographically retraced the Oregon Trail, following the footsteps gold seekers and hippies of decades past. We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website. 13 did saevar ciesielski have undiagnosed adhd? If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. Instead of focusing on the people convicted in the case, Latham chose to photograph conspiracy theorists like Sid, who holds weekly meetings with his team of accomplices to attempt to crack the case. Eventually, they began to arrest individuals who they believed to be involved, and after intense interrogation and solitary confinement — which lasted between 242 to 600 days — six suspects confessed, and were convicted of either of manslaughter, perjury, and/or interfering with the crime scene. You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. In his place, General Augusto Pinochet (1915-2006) assumed power and unleashed a reign of tyranny that lasted sixteen years and caused the deaths of thousands of … Latham’s practice has continually explored the grey area between fact and fiction. Salient Points 331. Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the development of the science behind the psychology of false confessions Four decades ago, little was known or understood about false confessions and the reasons behind them. He was nothing less than Iceland’s most famous felon. Sævar Ciesiekski was born on July 5, 1955 as Sævar Marinó Ciesielski. This eye-opening book by the Icelandic/British … Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. 331. The second edition of Sugar Paper Theories by Jack Latham is published by Here Press and available for preorder. On January 11, 2019, Netflix released ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium, a look back at the violent coup in September, 1973 in which President Salvador Allende (1908-1973) was overthrown by the Chilean military. January 27, 1974: Guðmundur Einarsson disappears. Misuse is subject to criminal prosecution. ... Julia, her eldest daughter, is now 41 and, Bolladottir says, in touch with her half-siblings, Ciesielski’s other children, who are also hoping to prove their father’s innocence. “It … Studio 1854 Sævar received the heaviest sentence of all and spent a gruelling 741 days in isolation. Image via BBC/Netflix. Guðmundurin ja Geirfinnurin tapaus on Islannin tunnetuin rikosjuttu - tapahtuma-aikaan 1970- luvulla kahden miehen mystinen katoaminen järkytti pienen Islannin asukkaiden turvallisuudentunnetta. She trained as a language teacher and now teaches Icelandic to newly arrived migrants. Furthermore, there was a complete lack of bodies, a known crime scene, witnesses or forensic evidence. The springboard for the case seemed to be the questioning, two years after the first disappearance, of an 18 year old girl, Erla Bolladottir on an unrelated, minor crime. The case revolves around the disappearance of two men, Guðmundur and Geirfinnur, in 1974. There is an idea with photography that you will be able to reconcile with the original moment, but there are always moments after the shutter is released that aren’t being documented,” says Latham, making parallels between the episodic nature of true crime, and his own photography. When two men disappeared in 1974, Erla Bolladottir’s testimony put her boyfriend and his friends in prison for murder. This notorious case of memory implantation has come to be known as the ‘Guðmundur and Geirfinnur case’, or the ‘Reykjavik Confessions’, and is the focus of photographer Jack Latham’s 2016 photobook Sugar Paper Theories, now released in a second edition that will accompany an exhibition opening next weekend at the The Royal Photographic Society in Bristol, UK. Aboriginal Justice, Pamela George Case. “I think I was the only person from the ‘media’ that didn’t want to photograph her,” he says. His most recent project, Parliament of Owls, which won British Journal of Photography’s 2019 IPA Award, investigates the conspiracies surrounding an elite gentlemen’s club in San Francisco’s Bohemian Grove. What followed was an extreme case of coercion involving weeks of solitary confinement, sleep deprivation, and even water torture which led to all six of them confessing to either participating in or covering up the murders of the two men. A murder conviction without a body is an instance of a person being convicted of murder despite the absence of the victim's body. Marigold Warner joined the British Journal Photography in April 2018, and currently holds the position of Online Editor. They arrested Saevar and his girlfriend, Erla Bolladottir, taking them both away from their 11-week-old daughter. Hosts: Dana & Chase | Technical/Production: Rob | Logo Art: Aly | Intro: Chris Dudley Sævar Ciesielski in 1976. Last week, Netflix released part two of Making a Murderer, a docu-series focusing on the murder of Teresa Halbach.Even though Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey were convicted for Halbach’s murder in 2007, the fight for justice is far from over. The case is well known outside Iceland. on vuonna 1992 perustettu yhdistys. Our peace has not returned,” writes Bolladottir in the foreword to the new edition of Sugar Paper Theories. See where to start, the most popular, all episodes & similar podcasts. Usage may be subject to security testing and monitoring. Submit to editorial Yes, Saevar Did Have Undiagnosed ADHD 338. 13 Did Saevar Ciesielski Have Undiagnosed ADHD? Saevar’s Interrogation 332. Our site uses cookies. Erla in an interview lasting 10 hours during which dreams and memories and cravings to return to her normal life intermingled. 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Saevar Ciesielski and Erla Bolladottir In custody, Erla owned up to the crime. “It has been 44 years… In December 1975, two 20-year-olds, Saevar Ciesielski and his girlfriend Erla Bolladottir, were arrested for fraud. Stanford Libraries' official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. Oddgeir Einarsson, the lawyer working for the daughter of Sævar Ciesielski, says his client and her family are still working on their claim and would not comment further. Karl Schütz’s View of Saevar 334. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. A strange investigation led six men to confess to taking part in the murders, instigated by the testimony of Erla Bolladottir, the girlfriend of the group’s alleged ringleader, Sævar Ciesielski. Welcome to True Crime Tuesday where we review, recommend and generally obsess over everything crime-related. This eye-opening book by the Icelandic/British clinical forensic … Ositt... – Kuuntele Guðmundur & Geirfinnur -jaksoa podcastista Jäljillä heti tabletilla, puhelimella ja selaimella. 42 | "Stuck in big water" | Christy Sheats & Sævar Ciesielski Wendell Callahan: https://bit.ly/38gNuTU | Erveena Hammonds (Ex-girlfriend) and her 7 & 10 year old daughters, Breya and Anaesia: https://bit.ly/2vvzok7 - - - Mugshots of the suspects. Now 29, Latham looks back on his time as a nightclub photographer — which he thought of as just an easy way to make pocket money — as character building: “Talking to people and building rapport is a cornerstone of what my work is now,” he says. Ep. Täältä voit lukea, mitä oikeuksia sinulla uuden tietosuoja-asetuksen mukaan on. Iceland, with a population of just over 200,000, was a close, tight-knit community where everyone knew everyone, but the police got nowhere: there were no bodies, no witnesses and no forensic evidence. In 1984 in Austria, Josef Fritzl (pictured) confined his 18-year-old daughter, Elisabeth, ... Sævar Ciesielski. Sævar Cieselski’s daughter couldn’t help but shed a tear at the retrial, Acquittal in Guðmundur and Geirfinnur Case. 305. Hundreds of such convictions have occurred in the past, some of which have been overturned. Photograph: National Archive/BBC Four. Helga’s research led her to Kristin Tryggvadottir, the daughter of Tryggvi Leifsson. In 1972, a nine-year-old girl who was the daughter of a police chief was raped and murdered after leaving her home to visit a comic book shop. He received the heaviest sentence, a maximum prison stay of 17 years. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. The family members of the fivesome witnessed the acquittal today in an emotionally charged courtroom. Her work has been published by titles including the Telegraph Magazine, Huck, Gal-dem, Disegno, and the Architects Journal. The sequencing also alludes to the dubious interrogation technique employed by the police, where they asked questions out of chronological order. Maybe she could recall a body wrapped in a sheet. Building relationships and maintaining a sensitivity towards his subjects was a crucial part of Sugar Paper Theories. As a valued member of our community, every Wednesday and Sunday, you’ll receive the best of international contemporary photography direct to your inbox. There was tremendous pressure on police authorities to identify and sentence the culprits. Their sentences ranged from 12 months to 17 years, but neither bodies were ever found, and no forensic evidence was produced to support the court’s story. Prison Logs Provide Vital Evidence in Guðmundur and Geirfinnur Retrial, Evacuations In Siglufjörður Due to Risk of Avalanche, Avalanche Causes Damage at Siglufjörður Skiing Grounds, Sheep Farmers Protest Private Company’s Land Acquisition, Child Dies Following Westfjords Car Accident, COVID-19 in Iceland: All Foreign Residents to Have Access to Vaccine. From top left to bottom right: Sævar Cieselski, Erla Bolladóttir, Albert Klahn Skaftason, Tryggvi Rúnar Leifsson, Kristján Viðar Júlíusson, Guðjón Skarphéðinsson. Unauthorized use is prohibited. People can respond to her personal account, rather than being told what happened.”. Guðjón Skarphéðinsson is already suing the State for 1.3 billion krónur. 30 Sunday Sep 2018 Shop “These people have been historically disenfranchised by the government and the media in Iceland,” says Latham, who became particularly close with Erla Bolladottir. Consider, now, this scene, of which no photographic record exists: Erla alone in her cell, sleepless. Retractions 333. “When you resell a narrative that has happened in real life, time moves forward. Sugar Paper Theories is bound in the same style as the police case files that Latham, a huge collector of paraphernalia relating to his projects, managed to obtain. Also episodes where the host is a guest on other podcasts and their recommendations from other podcasts. Married and had two children. HAMK, Hämeen ammattikorkeakoulu, Häme University of Applied Sciences “It’s one of those things that you don’t realise you’re doing until you make more work and look back,” he reflects. These people were Sævar Ciesielski (who was considered the group's "leader" and he spent the longest time in solitary confinement and was subjected to more torture than the others), Kristján Viðar Viðarsson, Tryggvi Rúnar Leifsson and Erla Bolladóttir, who was Sævar's girlfriend. As … 13 did Saevar Ciesielski have undiagnosed adhd by titles including the Telegraph Magazine, Huck Gal-dem! 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