Rolf Nordmo is sentenced to life imprisonment for the premeditated murder of Janne Puhakka.

This post examines the startling legal case against Rolf Nordmo, accused of murdering Finnish ice hockey player Janne Puhakka. The trial, set to begin in March 2025, is expected to attract significant...

The Helsinki Court of Appeal is hearing the account of 68-year-old Rolf Nordmo, who was convicted of murdering his former partner, ex-ice hockey player Janne Puhakka. Yle reports that Puhakka’s family plans to question Nordmo closely during Wednesday’s hearing. The court will first hear Puhakka’s…

Norwegian veterinarian Rolf Nordmo is seeking to have his life sentence for murdering former ice hockey player Janne Puhakka reduced to a manslaughter sentence, Yle reports. The Helsinki Court of Appeal began hearing the case on Monday. The prosecution is asking the court to uphold Nordmo’s life …

Former ice hockey pro Janne Puhakka was found dead earlier this month. (Instagram/@JannePuhakka) Petolliset, the Finnish version of reality TV series The Traitors, has been postponed following the death of Janne Puhakka, one of the show’s contestants. Puhakka, 29, was Finland’s first out gay professional ice-hockey star, and had been appearing as a “traitor”. He had made to the end of the series, with the final episode originally meant to air on Finnish TV on Thursday (24 October). But now a spokesperson for broadcaster Nelonen has said: “We have come to the conclusion that now is not the right time

Janne Puhakka, Finland’s first openly gay professional ice hockey player, has died at 29. His death on October 13, 2024, in Espoo, Finland, is being treated as a suspected murder. Puhakka mad…