Claims to have committed the attack in a fit of rage

The main hearing began in the East Iceland District Court this morning, in a serious assault case in Vopnafjörður. The defendant is accused of having intended and attempted to kill his former partner and mother. The victim, Hafdís Bára Óskarsdóttir, who described the attack in a memorable interview in Kastljós last fall, was denied a restraining order a few hours before Jón Þór Dagbjartsson attacked her with an iron bar in a shed. He is charged,…