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Steelyard murder



Time of the event: 24.7.1959, Kontiolahti

16-year-old Raimo Mutanen killed his father by beating him several times with a steelyard. The sentence was 1 year suspended imprisonment, with a three-year probationary period. The act took place in Selkie village. The father had often threatened to kill the family's mother and he had also acquired a gun.