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Encyclopedia > Jammu Siltavuori

Antti Veikko Ilmari Siltavuori (born October 29, 1926) (also known as Jammu Siltavuori or Jammu-setä, "Uncle Jammu") is a Finnish man who murdered two 8-year-old girls, Päivi-Maria Hopiavuori and Tanja Johanna Pirinen. He burned the bodies shortly after. He had picked up both girls for a car ride from Myllypuro, a neighbourhood in Helsinki, on March 3, 1989. Prior to this, he had been convicted of raping a five-year-old girl, sexual harassment, and attempted murder. is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Province Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government  - Mayor Jussi Pajunen Area  - Total 187. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...


For the two murders, Siltavuori was sentenced to 15 years in prison with the possibility of parole after 10 years, because a mental health examination legally found him to be partially insane. If that had not been the case, Siltavuori would have been sentenced to life imprisonment. After 10 years had elapsed, his first and second parole hearings in the Finnish Prison Court were unsuccessful. After he served one more year in jail, the Prison Court released him on strictly supervised parole on January 31, 2000, on his third parole hearing. However, he was immediately taken to the Niuvanniemi mental hospital in Kuopio for criminal-psychiatric reasons.[specify] It has been suggested that Medical parole be merged into this article or section. ... Life imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime, nominally for the entire remaining life of the prisoner, but in fact for a period which varies between jurisdictions: many countries have a maximum possible period of time (usually 50 years) a prisoner may be incarcerated, or require the... Under the Constitution of Finland, everyone is entitled to have their case heard by a court or an authority appropriately and without undue delay. ... is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... A psychiatric hospital (also called, at various places and times, mental hospital or mental ward, historically often asylum, lunatic asylum, or madhouse), is a hospital specialising in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... Kuopio is a Finnish city located in the province of Eastern Finland and the region of Northern Savonia. ...


References

  • Hannes Markkula: Kuusi suomalaista murhaa (1996)

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Jammu Siltavuori - definition of Jammu Siltavuori - Labor Law Talk Dictionary (337 words)
Veikko "Jammu" Siltavuori is a man from Finland who murdered, burnt and buried a couple of young girls that he had picked for a car ride from this neighborhood in the late 1980s.
The common conception that Siltavuori raped the girls is an urban legend and he was never convicted of a rape.
Says Turkka: "Jammu Siltavuori is the most hated man in Finland.
NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Jammu Siltavuori (627 words)
Antti Veikko Ilmari Siltavuori (born October 29, 1926) (also known as Jammu Siltavuori or Jammu-setä, "Uncle Jammu") is a Finnish man who murdered of 8-year-old girls, Päivi-Maria Hopiavuori and Tanja Johanna Pirinen.
For the two murders, Siltavuori was sentenced to 15 years in prison with the possibility of parole after 10 years, because a mental health examination legally found him to be partially insane.
If that had not been the case, Siltavuori would have been sentenced to life imprisonment.
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