Verdict on Koskela boy murder on March 24

The Helsinki District Court on Wednesday has completed the trial of the murder of a 16-year-old boy allegedly by three other teenage boys at Koskela in Helsinki on 4 December last year.

The court reviewed various charges, including murder, robbery, assaults, etc, filed by the prosecutor, report the local media.

The prosecutor demanded 12 years imprisonment of the oldest offender while 11 years imprisonment of the youngest offender.

The prosecutor demanded nine years and six months imprisonment of the third suspect, who had also known the victim from the childhood.

Three 16-year-old boys allegedly killed the boy and dumped the body at an under-construction building in Koskela area of Helsinki.

All the suspects, born in 2004, are Finnish by birth and they were celebrating the birthday of one of them, said the police, adding that they consumed alcohol during the celebration.

The police, after preliminary investigation, said the deceased was a victim of bullying for a long time by the three suspects, including three violent assaults that resulted in his death.

The police termed the murder sadistic, humiliating, and premeditated.