Actually, the Irish musician was eventually extradited to Sweden and prosecuted. http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article17836961.ab http://www.aftonbladet.se

Actually, the Irish musician was eventually extradited to Sweden and prosecuted. http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article17836961.ab http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article17836961.ab It seems that in that case, the prosecutor initially dismissed the case as a drunken brawl on a ferry to Finland, and did not want to bother. Then there was some publicity and it was evident that it was a case of actual bodily harm. In a manner somewhat similar to Assange, the Irish musician evaded court sessions in Sweden by going to Portugal, but unlike Assange, did not seek asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in Lisbon, and was returned to Sweden to stand trial.