In November 2019, Janne Puhaka He was the cover star in the news Finland after confessing to being gay in an interview. He was the first player from the SM, the Finnish professional ice hockey league, considered the fourth largest in the world in this sport, to do so.
After having played in several clubs in his country and in FrancePuhaka had just hung up his skates when he made those statements. Their impact was considerable. At that time he had already been in a relationship with Rold Nordmoa Norwegian veterinarian 37 years his senior.
This Wednesday, Nordmo went to prison accused of having murdered Janne last Sunday. The couple had broken up at the behest of the young former hockey player, and Rold did not take that breakup well.
The arrest request made by the police was debated in a court session held behind closed doors and with a large presence of Finnish and Norwegian journalists.
According to these media reports, Nordmo participated in the session remotely, by videoconference from a cell at the police station. Espoo (Puhaka’s hometown). “He was sitting in the small room between his interpreter and his defense lawyer, Ville Luoto, with an expression of disgust and bad humor on his face,” the newspaper ‘Iltalehti’ publishes.
«The man, well-groomed, was wearing a light-collared shirt and light blue jeans. “He listened to his interpreter’s speech without moving, in his chair and with his hands crossed in his lap,” the newspaper adds.
For its part, the ‘Helsinki Sanomat (HS)’ points out, citing police sources, that “the suspect had already said during interrogations that shot the victim with a shotgun».
Before and after the court hearing, journalists approached Nordmo’s lawyer in the courtyard of the police station. “When asked before the trial how Nordmo was feeling, he responded briefly: ‘He’s upset.’ After the trial, he said Nordmo was ‘very sorry for the victim and her loved ones’…. The lawyer says Nordmo is helping police solve the case. “Nordmo admits that he caused Puhaka’s death,” the ‘HS’ reads.
“The police suspect that the murder was committed with premeditation and in a particularly brutal and cruel -publishes ‘Iltalehti’-. Nordmo has admitted that he shot and killed Puhaka. As a reason, he has given the end of the relationship: weeks before the murder, Puhakka announced that he wanted to separate and moved out of the apartment he shared with his partner.
«Nordmo did not accept the separation, and decided to kill Puhaka on Sunday afternoon, October 13, when he went to the apartment to resolve practical issues related to the separation. They had not made their breakup public and Nordmo, in fact, had not updated his status on his social media accounts to single. “He said he was still in a relationship.”
“A week before the murder, Nordmo was hunting grouse in Norway. He used to hunt and had a permit to carry weapons in his home country. “The police are investigating whether he brought to Finland the hunting shotgun he used as a lethal weapon after that trip to Norway.”
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