Vornanen revealed an announcement on Fb within the taking pictures incident that shook Finland.
Congressman Timo Vornanen (television) revealed a press launch on Fb concerning the legal suspicions in opposition to him.
Vornanen says that he and his household had been already threatened within the bar.
– In Bar IHKU, I used to be introduced with a risk associated to me and my members of the family’ life and well being, Vornanen writes.
Vornanen says that he made an emergency name to the Emergency Heart from the restaurant as a result of he was threatened.
– As a way to confirm the id of the threatner, I requested a police patrol to the scene. It may be verified from the decision recording of the emergency heart that on the finish of the decision, the emergency heart operator promised to ship a police patrol to the scene, Vornanen writes.
Because the police patrol didn’t come straight away – based on Vornasen, in about quarter-hour – he says that he waited for the patrol exterior the restaurant.
– Whereas I used to be ready for the police patrol, the scenario escalated with recognized penalties, Vornanen writes.
Vornanen says the shot he fired was a warning shot.
Vornanen additionally says that he was not blown, though he steered it to the police and no blood pattern was taken from him.
In accordance with the police, Vornanen was intoxicated within the scenario.
The data in its entirety.
Beneath is the press launch revealed by Vornane on Wednesday night in its entirety.
”My case has moved from the police to prosecution and it is time to open the case a bit extra.
Within the preliminary investigation, my function has been to search out out the problems and occasions as exactly as attainable, in order that the case could possibly be dealt with in a attainable trial primarily based on probably the most complete investigation attainable.
Now that the case has handed from the police preliminary investigation to the prosecutor, I need to give the prosecutor full peace of thoughts to think about the costs.
For that reason, it’s not applicable to enter the finer particulars of the preliminary investigation at this stage of the method on this context.
Concerning the scenario and crimes that occurred on April 26, 2024 in Bar IHKU and outdoors:
“Restaurant wrestling”:
It has been beforehand reported within the media that through the night I “wrestled” with one other male buyer within the restaurant.
I wish to state basically that at no level have I actively began any battle inside or exterior the restaurant. I’ve been approached in several methods and by totally different individuals, each bodily and with verbal threats. This may be verified from video recordings.
On this respect, because the police state of their press launch, I’m the get together concerning the unlawful risk directed at me.
The restaurant’s video recordings present the precise sequence of occasions:
– I’ve by no means taken the initiative in any scenario. I’ve solely reacted to actions directed at me.
– The “wrestling” in query has been fairly short-lived (about 4 seconds).
– Nobody was injured within the incident and the events continued their night as regular.
Verbal threats in opposition to me and my household within the restaurant:
At Bar IHKU, I used to be introduced with a risk associated to my life and the well being of my members of the family.
Concerning the risk in opposition to me and my household, I made an emergency name from the restaurant to the Emergency Heart and requested for a police patrol to confirm the id of the threatener.
It may be verified from the decision recording of the emergency heart that on the finish of the decision, the emergency heart operator promised to ship a police patrol to the scene.
Because the police patrol didn’t come instantly (in about quarter-hour), I waited for the patrol exterior the restaurant.
Whereas ready for the police patrol, the scenario escalated with recognized penalties.
Legal titles of inflicting hazard and unlawful risk:
I deny that I’m responsible of inflicting hazard and making an unlawful risk.
As I said above, I’ve been threatened and intimidated already contained in the restaurant. After leaving the restaurant, I stayed on the road to attend for the police patrol that the Emergency Heart promised to ship after I made an emergency name.
Within the scenario that continued on the road, exterior the restaurant, I nonetheless skilled a severe risk of violence, in addition to an assault on myself.
These conditions may be verified from surveillance digital camera recordings.
I’ve tried to keep away from bodily contact and cease the unlawful assault on me by firing in a secure course, at a road stone, a warning shot with a small-caliber and low-powered weapon.
Within the info offered by the police at this time, it has been said that this firearm was in my possession with permission.
I’ve been granted a carry allow by a police authority to hold a weapon for my very own safety.
The risk scenario in opposition to me ended after the warning shot.
I wish to emphasize the truth that nobody was harmed on this scenario, and I had no intention of harming anybody.
Based mostly on the preliminary investigation materials, based on my understanding, there was not even a hazard that anybody would have been injured because of the warning shot fired.
On the time of the incident, there have been no individuals within the course of the shot.
The venue on the road and its environment are acquainted to me, I move by the venue virtually day by day in my on a regular basis life.
It may be seen from the preliminary investigation materials that I fired a warning shot in a secure course away from individuals and onto a road stone, the place a small bullet weighing about 3.1 grams has fragmented.
Specifically, it ought to be famous that the warning shot was directed in the direction of a powerful concrete and Plexiglas wall about 5 meters away from the taking pictures web site, which has acted as a complete barrier to the bullet fragments bouncing off the road stone.
The bullet used within the gun, weighing roughly 3.1 grams, has fragmented when it hit the road stone. These small fragments that bounced off the road stone have stopped on the newest on this concrete / Plexiglas wall that was 5 meters away. On the time of the incident, there have been no individuals within the course of the shot.
In accordance with the prevailing jurisprudence, the success of the hallmarks of the crime of “inflicting hazard” requires concrete hazard.
For my part, on this case, that requirement can’t presumably be fulfilled.
I’ve denied within the preliminary investigation that I’ve dedicated a criminal offense concerning taking out the gun and firing the shot. As the top of the investigation has said in his press launch, the police have investigated the matter as an unlawful risk and inflicting hazard.
We do not have an “all-knowing crystal ball”, however you possibly can take into consideration what would have occurred to the events to the scenario if that they had acted in a different way on this threatening scenario and the scenario had led, for instance, to a really attainable conventional “boxing match” on the road.
Having seen loads of various kinds of abuse in police work, I can say primarily based on my expertise that in such an abuse scenario, one of many individuals, if not even all, would have presumably been injured, even severely injured. At worst, these accidents would have been lifelong.
Now, as a result of deterrent impact of the warning shot, all events remained wholesome.
Firearms Offense:
I’ve usually carried the given pocket gun, which is licensed and licensed for defense use, in accordance with the necessities of the provisions of the Firearms Act, unloaded and in a holster.
After the scenario in entrance of Bar IHKU, the gun has been momentarily loaded within the cowl and in my pocket. So this for a couple of minutes and some hundred meters of motion.
That is the space I moved after the shot was fired till I encountered a police patrol within the quick neighborhood of the scene. On this regard, the police suspect firearms crime, as the top of the investigation states in his press launch.
I go away this matter to the prosecutor and presumably the courtroom to resolve my guilt.
Throughout my life, I’ve fired about 200,000 observe rounds with 9×19 caliber pistols.
In this sort of train, the gun often all the time leaves the holster and returns to the holster after the shot. The identical factor occurred on 26 April 2024, as discovered, in entrance of Bar IHKU.
Within the scenario, after firing a warning shot and after the risk was gone, I put the gun immediately within the gun holster in my pocket.
I wish to level out that the CZ92 is a 2-action pistol that’s mechanically fully secure to hold when the gun is loaded. Initially, because of its conservation-based function, this station mannequin was even designed to be moveable when charged.
For that reason, I feel it’s unreasonable to demand that I begin in entrance of the restaurant to take away the cartridge from the cartridge case and the gun from the set off whereas the potential risk continues to be close by.
Based mostly on my coaching and expertise, I’ve acted within the most secure attainable means within the scenario, i.e. after the warning shot, after the risk has disappeared, I’ve holstered the 2-action weapon within the holster in my pocket, left the scene and stayed close by to attend for the police.
At present, in their very own press launch, the police have said that I carried a licensed weapon whereas intoxicated and loaded.
To this I wish to state that Finnish laws doesn’t criminalize carrying and dealing with a firearm whereas intoxicated, when the opposite circumstances for carrying are so as.
Firearm offense:
As introduced by the top of the investigation, firearms are suspected within the case.
The police bulletin talks about “gasoline weapons”, however in on a regular basis language you possibly can name them starter pistols.
So, with regard to this firearm crime, it’s concerning the two beginning pistols and two rifle magazines I had, which I acquired with out a allow 10–15 years in the past.
I’ve used starter pistols in coaching canines and magazines in reference to taking pictures workout routines.
I have never had a gun that matches these magazines in about 10 years.
After the modifications within the provisions of the Firearms Act, some years in the past, primarily based on a preliminary investigation, these objects turned objects requiring a allow. I’ve not seen this transformation within the laws, and as such, on this respect, I’ve admitted that I acted carelessly within the preliminary investigation.
In accordance with my understanding, there are tens of hundreds of such rifle magazines throughout Finland that had been as soon as acquired with out a allow.
As a tip, possibly I may say that who has such beginning pistols or magazines, whether or not to use for permits for them, or to get rid of the gadgets.
My stage of intoxication on the time of the incident:
The police authority has not verified my stage of intoxication in any means.
After my arrest, I personally introduced taking a breathalyzer check to the police patrol.
This presentation I made about taking the breathalyzer check may be seen on the video recording of the police, the place they offer me a preliminary interview.
Regardless of my presentation, the police authority has not taken a breath or blood check from me to confirm my state of intoxication.
Since my state of intoxication or fatigue on the time of the scenario can’t be ascertained in any means afterwards, on this case taking a blood check or a breathalyzer check associated to the verification of my state of intoxication would even have been in accordance with my authorized safety.
Preserving a licensed pocket gun in my workplace within the Little Parliament:
As the top of the investigation states in his press launch, I’ve had the licensed pocket gun in query on two events in my locked workplace within the Small Parliament.
On the day of the occasion, I briefly saved it in my locked workplace for 5 (5) hours.
The second time the gun was in my research for a short while (5 minutes), after I was caught there within the night when the home was empty.
The weapon has been saved within the research in accordance with the necessities of the Firearms Act and no crime is suspected within the matter.
Lastly:
As said, I need the prosecutor to have the ability to think about expenses in peace and I’ll watch for the result with my assistant.
At this stage, I’ll due to this fact not take a place on the legal suspicions or the content material of the preliminary investigation in additional element.
I’ll inform you concerning the matter and the method the subsequent time there are any substantial modifications.”
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