Kari S. Tikka

The night before his death, Tikka had left a gay nightclub named DTM on Iso-Roobertinkatu, Helsinki, with two men of approximately 20 years of age.

Next day the police arrested the 19-old Russian Aleksandr Ionin and 23-year-old Estonian-born Mika-Martti Zukov, who were later sentenced by the Helsinki District Court to 11 years in prison for manslaughter and aggravated robbery.

In the court, Ionin and Zukov admitted having stolen 15 bottles of alcohol, 49 packs of cigarettes, a mobile phone cover, a pocket knife, one pair of binoculars, a video camera, and some cash.

[1] In his private life, Tikka embraced art by collecting paintings and watching ballet and theatre.

His sexuality was sort of a public secret in Helsinki, as he did not conceal his frequenting in gay nightclubs, but the subject never came up in press or interviews.