Prosecutor: Tomas Niemitalo.
The Claim: The original official victim of the incident was cross-charged with a crime. The prosecutor claimed the victim threw a 10 kg step-stool over the door right as the abuser pushed his leg into the doorway.
The Evidence Provided: A photograph showing two barely visible scratches on the side of an unidentified leg.
The Scene Environment: Police photographs taken a few minutes after the incident show cat houses firmly attached directly above the door, completely untouched. According to the abuser’s own statement, the door was only slightly ajar during the incident.
District Judge: Inga-Liisa Paavola (Käräjätuomari Inga-Liisa Paavola).
Decision Number: 1037 6624.
The Action: The judge took one month to deliver the verdict.
The Alteration: The abuser initially stated that he did not see who threw the object at all because his head had not even entered the doorway yet. In the final verdict, the statement was recorded as he did not exactly see the throwing of the stairs (“ettei sinänsä tarkalleen ole nähnyt tikkaiden heittämistä”).
The Appeal: An appeal was filed to the Court of Appeal, specifically arguing the physical impossibility of the act due to the untouched structures above the door and the restricted opening of the doorway.
The Action: The Court of Appeal scheduled the hearing 22 months after the initial verdict was delivered.
If a prosecutor builds a case on a physical impossibility, and a district judge alters the witness’s explicit admission of not seeing the act into a vague record, how did this initial lie manage to pass unchecked through the district court and enter the doors of the Court of Appeal—and why does professional solidarity require 22 months of scheduled waiting just to recognize what the laws of physics and the original statements already proved?
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