Crimes of violence

The Kymenlaakso district court initially sentenced the man to 2.5 years in prison. Jarmo Sipilä

Janne Sakari Julian Lipponen22, raped two underage girls in one month. The acts took place in the fall of 2021. The victims were 14 and 15 years old at the time. Lipponen was 19 years old.

The 15-year-old girl met Lipponen at the Kotka market on Saturday, October 2, 2021. At the end of the evening, Lipponen asked the girl over. He assured that “nothing bad” would happen in the apartment and that the girl should not be afraid.

In the apartment, Lipponen led the girl to his bed. Without asking more, he undressed and raped the girl. The connection was unprotected. The frightened girl was unable to defend herself or express her will.

Four weeks later, Lipponen arrived uninvited to a house party for minors at a private apartment in Kotka. He went next to a 14-year-old girl who was sleeping on the bed and was unwell and raped her.

After both acts, Lipponen had “leaked” or spread his acts to the third young person. In addition, he had commented on the appearance of both girls, saying that they are good-looking for 15-year-olds.

In court, however, Lipponen claimed that he thought the girls had already turned 16.

Both “youth”

When the sexual crimes were dealt with in the Kymenlaakso district court, Lipponen denied having committed the crimes. He didn’t think the age difference of a good 4 years was big, because all the participants were “youth”.

Lipponen claimed that the 15-year-old girl had actively participated in sexual acts and that the girl could have also left the situation if she wanted to.

The district court found that Lipponen had taken advantage of the girl’s defenselessness and subjected her to sexual intercourse.

The district court was on the same lines with the second charge. It considered that the intoxicated 14-year-old girl has not been able to express her will or defend herself. In addition, the court stated that as an adult, Lipponen must also have understood this.

The Court of Appeal increased

The Kymenlaakso district court sentenced Lipponen to a combined 2.5 years in prison for two counts of rape and two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child.

The district court ordered that Lipponen should compensate both of his victims 4,000 euros for the suffering caused by the crime, as well as 1,500 euros for the other victim for temporary psychological harm.

Lipponen appealed the sentence to the Court of Appeal, demanding that the charges be dismissed or that the punishment and damages be reduced in any case.

It was the other way around. The Court of Appeal of Eastern Finland considered it an aggravating circumstance that similar crimes had occurred within less than a month.

It sentenced the now 22-year-old Lipponen to a prison sentence of 2 years and 10 months.

The case was resolved by two appeals court advisors and one assessor. The assessor left a dissenting opinion on the matter. He would have dismissed both rape charges due to insufficient evidence.

The judgment given by the Helsinki District Court on July 24 is not yet legally binding. Sami Kuusivirta

Khalid Ellamman21, brutally raped and robbed a sex worker last summer in Helsinki. He already has an unusually long criminal record for his age.

Now the Helsinki district court sentenced the man to another year in prison. He has been assessed as extremely dangerous to the life, health or freedom of others.

Ellamman had agreed to paid sex with the victim. The meeting was arranged at the victim’s apartment in Helsinki on July 15.

When the victim asked for payment in advance, Ellamma took out a bladed weapon. He said he wasn’t going to pay. Ellamman raped the victim while threatening her with a knife.

Immediately after the rape, Ellamman took cash and expensive branded sunglasses from the victim. He still pushed the victim to the ground, strangled him and punched him hard in the jaw. The victim’s tooth was chipped from the blow.

Allegation of consent

Ellamman admitted to hitting the victim with his fists and usurping her property, but denied committing rape.

He claimed that the sexual acts took place at the victim’s initiative and consent. He denied pushing or strangling the victim or taking out his knife. The court did not believe the man’s explanations.

When giving the sentence, the district court considered that the rape was gross: the intercourse was unprotected, diverse and humiliating. They caused fear, anxiety and pain in the victim.

The court also found the robbery outrageous: Ellamman had planned the act in advance, threatened with a bladed weapon and used violence.

Ellamman was sentenced to compensate the victim a total of 24,000 euros for the pain and suffering caused by the crimes.

Robbed an acquaintance

The district court also convicted Ellamman of another aggravated robbery. It had happened in September 2023.

Ellamman stole a considerable amount of cash from an acquaintance by threatening him with two kitchen knives. He hit the victim in the hand, grabbed the hair and hit the victim on the head with a knife.

The victim managed to call the emergency center only after Ellamman left the apartment. The police arrested Ellamman a week later.

The Helsinki district court sentenced Ellamman to 5 years and 3 months in prison for two aggravated robberies and aggravated rape.

The court sentenced the man to compensate the victim of an aggravated robbery with a total of 7,200 euros for the pain, suffering, and the stolen property.

Ellamman’s previous sentence was reduced by the Helsinki district court at the beginning of the year.

You raped a 15-year-old

In January, the Helsinki district court sentenced Ellamman to 2 years and 10 months in prison for gross sexual abuse and rape of a child.

The crimes themselves took place before Christmas 2021. Ellamman had offered a 15-year-old girl cannabis and raped an intoxicated minor in her mother’s apartment.

He admitted the acts, but denied the use of rape and violence. He claimed he did not know the age of the work.

The district court considered that the man seriously violated the girl’s right to sexual self-determination. He was sentenced to compensate the girl for the pain and suffering he caused a total of 11,000 euros. The verdict is final.

Before his latest actions, Ellamman was on parole for previous violent crime convictions.

Helsingin Sanomat previously reported on the most recent sentence.