Serial strangler sentenced to 2.5 years
Photo taken by a 17 year old girl shows finn serial killer Michael penttila hanging around outside her window.
Penttila murdered 4 people Including his own mother in 1985. He is currently in prison. His modus operandi was strangling female victims to death
Michael Penttilä, known as a 'serial strangler', was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison on Tuesday for planning to strangle a 17-year-old girl last year.
Serial strangler sentenced to 2.5 years
Michael Penttilä, known as a 'serial strangler', was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison on Tuesday for planning to strangle a 17-year-old girl last year.
Sarjakuristajana tunnettu Michael Penttilä Helsingin hovioikeudessa 13. maaliskuuta.
Michael Penttilä, known as a 'serial strangler', was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison on Tuesday for planning to strangle a 17-year-old girl last year. Image: Martti Kainulainen
Michael Penttilä, known as a 'serial strangler', was handed a 2.5 year prison sentence and a 4,000-euro fine on Tuesday by the court of appeal for planning to strangle a 17-year-old girl last year.
The teenager lived in the same building as Penttilä. He had tried to force his way into her apartment when she was home alone and had also dropped her a letter asking to meet, stated the prosecution.
Helsinki District Court had dropped charges against Penttilä due to a lack of evidence, but the higher court found that Penttilä was unable to control sexual asphyxiation urges. The appeals court also found that Penttilä was determined to make contact with the teenager and that when given the opportunity, such a meeting would to lead to strangulation. The court, however, could not determine that he planned to murder the young woman.
Penttilä is currently remanded in custody for the suspected homicide of a 52-year-old woman, who was found in an apartment in Helsinki's Kallio neighbourhood in mid-April. Her body was found earlier this month after the building's caretaker went to check on a strange smell reported by neighbours.
Repeat offender
Penttilä, who changed his name from Jukka Lindholm, was born in Oulu in 1965 and has three previous convictions for homicides, but none of them were classified as murder. His criminal career began in 1985 when he strangled and killed his own mother. He confessed to the offence one year later in 1986 after he was detained over the strangling death of a 12 year-old girl. He was convicted of the girl's death in 1987.
Penttilä has served several prison sentences, but was freed from his latest prison stint in late 2016.
Following a request from Finland, America's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) analysed the Penttilä cases and likened his actions to those of a serial killer. Criminal law professor Matti Tolvanen was asked how it was possible that such a violent individual is permitted to live free outside of prison.
"This is the Finnish [legal] system," Tolvanen said. "If a person does not receive a life sentence, he [or she] must be released when a sentence is [fully] served. In Penttilä's case, he was convicted of manslaughter and served his sentences."
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