Rumors tells that thereafter, Aikia, who was imprisoned in Kemi, was alleged to have killed himself with witchcraft in order to avoid execution of the sentence.
[1] Aikias case is one of the most famous trials and executions for witchcraft in Finland.
He was widely rumoured to be able to cause both good and evil by use of magic, and was engaged to do so by others.
In 1670, he was paid by a farmer to give him good salmon fishing luck.
Aike Aikesson, not being a Christian and thereby not associating magic with Satan, freely confessed that he could master magic to the Christian authorities, who sentenced him to death for sorcery.