Brit cyclist, 32, hacks man, 75, to death with axe ‘in revenge for pensioner tying him down and raping him’ in Finland

A BRIT cyclist is facing a decennary successful jailhouse aft fatally hacking a pensioner with an axe aft helium was allegedly tied down and raped by him.

The 32-year-old antheral admitted to attacking the 75-year-old wrong the OAP's ain location successful Finland but claimed it was an enactment of aforesaid defence successful court.

The deadly combat took spot successful a level successful Seinajoki, western Finland, connected July 29, past year, reports Finnish newspaper Iltalehti.

A tribunal heard, the elder unfortunate invited the cyclist backmost to his location aft the brace met astatine a spa a time earlier.

The Brit was bought a telephone by his caller person arsenic they made their mode backmost to the flat, according to section reports.

He aboriginal told investigators the pensioner said helium "owed him a favour" aft opening up the present.

The cyclist refused but claimed helium believed the antheral was referring to intersexual acts.

South Ostrobothnia District Court was past told the Brit took a abbreviated nap but erstwhile helium woke up helium "was tied up with bandages" and "couldn't determination properly".

The Brit alleged helium was raped connected the furniture aft waking up.

He told the tribunal astatine his trial: "The ordeal was horrible. When it was over, helium rolled implicit next to me.

"Then helium started snoring and I decided to escape."

His program saw him spell to the room and chopped his ties with an chartless utensil to escaped himself.

The pensioner woke up soon aft and blocked disconnected the exits by lasting successful the room doorway with an axe successful his hand, the Brit claimed.

He allegedly said helium was told by the antheral police would ne'er judge what had happened if helium called them.

At this constituent the Brit said helium turned desperate.

"The antheral had an axe successful his hand, and I had nary prime but to support myself. It was either him oregon me," helium told the court.

He claimed the 2 wrestled implicit the axe earlier helium managed to drawback clasp of it and deed the pensioner twice.

Speaking to constabulary erstwhile helium was arrested, helium said: "The archetypal stroke was erstwhile I intended to deed him, but not to termination him.

"I slipped and the axe slipped from my hand."

Prosecutors assertion the antheral was struck up to six times.

But the Brit said helium panicked aft lone 1 follow-up deed and rapidly fled the country successful the victim's car. 

Investigators judge the pensioner was killed astatine sometime betwixt midnight and 2.14am.

The getaway car was recovered hours aboriginal crashed into a ditch extracurricular Kyyjarvi - conscionable a 90-minute thrust from the victim's home.

The Brit blamed the mishap connected a cervid that "appeared retired of nowhere", according to a Whatsapp connection sent to his person successful the morning.

He besides wrote "if the cops had come, I would person been screwed", prosecutors found.

The pensioner's assemblage was lone recovered 2 weeks aft helium was believed to person been killed connected August 14.

His acrophobic relatives reportedly called up cops for a payment check.

An axe was discovered successful the victim's flat, but lone the pensioner's DNA was recovered connected it, section media reports.

Police aboriginal identified the Brit arsenic a fishy arsenic helium was seen successful CCTV footage alongside the OAP erstwhile they went to bargain the phone.

At first, officers believed helium had near Finland but they soon managed to way him down him successful a level successful eastbound Finland connected August 17.

When they questioned him, the Brit admitted to hacking astatine the antheral successful aforesaid defence for the alleged rape.

Police besides managed to uncover photos taken by a section connected July 27, which appeared to amusement a 2nd axe attached to the framework of the man's bike.

The Brit said helium ne'er had an axe with him astatine immoderate constituent earlier oregon aft the fatal gathering and lone utilized the victim's ain 1 to termination him.

The 2nd axe has reportedly inactive not been found.

The tribunal besides heard that successful the weeks aft the man's death, the cyclist searched online for accusation astir the crime.

This took spot earlier constabulary had adjacent recovered a body, prosecutors said.

The proceedings has present been paused aft the tribunal ordered a intelligence health introspection for the Brit.

Prosecutors person demanded a ten-year prison condemnation for the antheral if helium is recovered guilty.