A homicide case from August last year will be heard in Päijät-Häme District Court at the end of March
Charges of manslaughter and aggravated rape have been brought in the taxi murder in Asikkala last August, reports Etelä-Suomen Sanomat. A 24-year-old man from Asikkala is suspected of the offences.
The charges were brought on Wednesday 15 March.
The police have been investigating the highly publicised case as a murder.
The suspect boarded a taxi driven by a young woman from Lahti market, and the police caught him near the gravel pit in Salonsaari, Asikkala. The district court of Päijät-Häme arrested the suspect in late August.
According to the police investigation, the woman was the victim of a sexual crime first, and the murder took place after that. The prosecutor considers homicide to be manslaughter instead of murder.
The case will be heard in Päijät-Häme district court on March 27-28. and 30.3.