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Court hands teenager suspended sentence over Espoo e-scooter death

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A 16-year-old found guilty of a string of charges over his role in an electric scooter crash in Espoo last year .

The teenager was driving the scooter at a speed of approximately 60 kilometres per hour when he collided with an elderly man at a pedestrian crossing.

The older man later died from the injuries he sustained.

The defendant was handed a suspended prison sentence of one year and four months .

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