A man and a woman went into a flat in Seinäjoki and demanded 1,000 euros.[1] The man threatened the occupant with a knife and beat, kicked and strangled him while the woman collected coats, handbags and jewellery.[1] Police caught the pair in the stairwell with the stolen property.[1] The stolen property was returned to the victim.[1] The robbery happened on 16 August 2026.[1]

The victim was attacked again as he lay defenceless on the floor, pushed onto broken glass on the balcony and dragged back inside.[1] He managed to message a friend, who called the police.[1] The defendants denied aggravated robbery and breach of domestic peace.[1] The man argued self-defence and said he had taken only his own clothes, while the woman admitted theft but denied acting jointly.[1] The court found the victim’s account credible, supported by his injuries, photographs and messages.[1] It held that the woman knew about the violence, also demanded money and was therefore guilty as a perpetrator although she did not use violence herself.[1] Both were convicted of aggravated robbery and breach of domestic peace.[1] The court called the robbery particularly cruel and carried out with a bladed weapon, made more serious by taking place in the victim’s home.[1]

The 20-year-old man was also convicted of criminal damage, two drug offences, possession of an object suitable for causing serious injury and a minor firearms offence after breaking a television and a light strip, keeping and selling drugs and carrying a knife and pepper spray in public without a licence.[1] He was sentenced to a total of three years and four months in prison, including a 627-day remainder and an earlier suspended term, and was ordered held in custody.[1] The 35-year-old woman was also convicted of a drug-use offence and had 1.2 grams of cannabis in her possession.[1] Her joint sentence was two years and two months in prison.[1] The pair must pay the victim 700 euros for temporary harm and 4,500 euros for suffering, with interest.[1] The younger defendant must also pay 220 euros for the broken television and light strip and forfeit 665 euros in drug-trade profit to the state.[1] Each was ordered to pay a 120-euro victim surcharge.[1]