Former Finnish MP gets suspended sentence for injuring partner

Former Left Alliance MP Katja Laurila has received a suspended prison sentence for aggravated negligent bodily injury and assault, Yle reported, citing Ilta-Sanomat. Oulu District Court sentenced her to three and a half months in prison.

In April 2025, Laurila struck her fiancé in the thigh with a knife, causing a puncture wound, Ilta-Sanomat reported. The court found that she did not injure him intentionally. Both were intoxicated and had argued.

A second incident took place in November 2025, when Laurila hit him three times on the head and upper body, according to Ilta-Sanomat.

At the time of the incidents, Laurila was a member of the Raahe city council. She asked to leave the post in summer 2026. She served as an MP from 2014 to 2023.