A four-time Olympic ski jump champion is being investigated for an alleged Christmas Day knife attack on his wife, Finnish police say. Finnish legend Matti Nykanen, 46, was arrested after an incident that left his wife with head and hand injuries. Police said the man known as the flying Finn was suspected of trying to stab Mervi Tapola and then strangle her.
Finnish legend Matti Nykanen, 46, was arrested after an incident that left his wife with head and hand injuries.
Police said the man known as the flying Finn was suspected of trying to stab Mervi Tapola and then strangle her.
The more unkind of us media observers are aware that this sportsman-come-striptease artist was paid a monthly sum by one of the Finnish tabloids to 'stay in the news'. That has made him the most gossiped-about Finnish celebrity-with-nothing -to-celebrate. But does it also make the tabloid complicit in multiple stabbing incidents? You can't be me, I'm taken
