Teemu Torssonen was given a sentence of one year and five months' probation after being convicted of aggravated assault, a firearms offense and making an illegal threat.
Jyväskylä City Councillor
Teemu Torssonen has been charged with assault, a firearms offence and making an illegal threat. The case will be heard by Jyväskylä District Court on 19 May.
The charges of assault and making an illegal threat are related to an incident in the city on 24 May last year, which the prosecutor alleges began when a man made a comment to Torssonen s spouse. The man had allegedly said that the councillor had put up posters around Jyväskylä harbour.
The man alleges that Torssonen then confronted him over the comments later in the day at a separate location. According to both him and a witness at the scene, Torssonen struck the man in the head with a stone that he had taken from his pocket. The victim of the alleged assault said he tried to defend himself from this attack by using his legs to push himself away from Torssonen.