Morning papers converged on Helsinki district court where fighter Makwan Amirkhani denied sexually assaulting musician Mira Luoti during a 2016 reality shoot in Nuuksio. Prosecutors described forced contact in a forest shelter and burned clothing; Amirkhani called the charge ridiculous and claimed revenge.
By midday Luoti testified she feared for her life, described axe threats and pretending to be dead, breaking down in tears, followed by Amirkhani's version that she pursued him. His admission of death threats and the defence claim she was not sexually interesting drew condemnation from a minister and writer Sofi Oksanen.
At noon attention split to the Finance Ministry's adjustment catalogue for the next term, listing child benefit abolition, pension freeze and tax rises to save billions, presented as material for spring coalition talks and reviving last week's nine-billion cuts debate.