British Man Wanted to Kill His Online Friend in Joensuu and Bought a Chainsaw, Among Other Things - Court Sent Him for a Mental Health Examination

The prosecutor is demanding a minimum of seven years in prison for the approximately 30-year-old man for, among other things, attempted murder.

The court will take a position on the criminal charges after the completion of the mental state examination. The North Karelia District Court has ordered a mental state examination of a 31-year-old British man accused of attempted murder. The court issued an interim verdict in the case on Friday. According to the prosecutor, the man attempted to murder a woman from Joensuu, born in 2001, on January 13 in Joensuu.