Heino murders
Murder
The Heino couple were enticed to come to a summer cabin in Loppi to discuss business issues, including the sale of 100 mobile phones. When the two arrived they were met by Pesola, who guided them to a location that was within range of Salo, waiting in ambush behind a rock. Martti Heino was killed by the first bullet, which hit him in the neck. Elise Heino made a call to emergency services on her mobile phone, but it was cut off by the second bullet. Salo, Pesola and Mntyl packed the bodies into large sports bags, placed them in Martti Heino’s car, drove the car back to Espoo, and dumped the bags into the sea off the Espoo coast. On the following day the boys broke into the Heino household and stole a number of mobile phones. The bags were discovered by police on September 5 after an extensive search.
The motive for the murder was that sterman had felt Martti Heino had cheated him in a mobile telephone buying and selling scheme. sterman had paid one thousand Finnish marks (the equivalent of some 150 euros or US dollars), to the younger boys to get them involved in the murder.
Trial
All four were arrested on August 28. The trial started in November in the Riihimki district court. Each of the four boys was charged on two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated robbery. State Prosecutor Matti Nissinen demanded a life imprisonment for sterman. For Salo, Pesola and Mntyl, the state prosecutor demanded sentences of 13-14 years’ imprisonment for homicides committed whilst still a minor. The courtroom was packed with a large group of journalists, but the parents of the boys were not present.
The trial began with Matti Nissinen’s lengthy description of the events. Nissinen charged that each of the defendants had a specific task and that they had followed this consistently. Nissinen asserted that the idea had come from sterman, who had persuaded the others to take part. sterman himself denied all involvements in the murders.
All four were subjected to a mental health examination. It was found that they were aware of the significance of what they were doing.
Sentences
The District Court sentenced sterman to life in prison. The court found that sterman had planned the murders and was the only one who could have stopped them from happening.
Salo was sentenced to 13 years in prison. Pesola and Mntyl were sentenced to 12 years in prison.
The case was appealed to the Appeals Court of the city of Kouvola, but that court upheld the sentences.
sterman tried to appeal his sentence to the Supreme Court, but the court declined his appeal.
External links
June 27 2002: Heino case – four teenagers get long jail terms in double murder trial (English)
Categories: Murder in Finland | Crime in Finland | 2001 in FinlandHidden categories: Orphaned articles from September 2006 | All orphaned articles
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