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True crime · 19.05.1984

A stolen dinghy from Pirita to Finland

On 19 May 1984, 23-year-old Alex Lepajõe escaped from Soviet Estonia with three companions. Their craft was a rubber dinghy with an outboard motor, stolen from the harbour of the Tallinn Olympic Yachting Centre at Pirita. They set off from the Karepa area and reached Finland. Freedom did not keep Lepajõe out of trouble. On 17 April 1985 he and Raivo Roosna robbed a jewellery shop in central Helsinki of 1.47 million marks. A day later they robbed a bank branch in Käpylä of 100,000 marks. He got almost eight years and was released early in 1989. In a Finnish cell he wrote a book, Kapinallinen. Back in Estonia years later, he became a TV host.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

19. mail 1984 põgenes 23-aastane Alex Lepajõe koos kolme kaaslasega Nõukogude Eestist. Nende sõiduk oli päramootoriga kummipaat, mis oli varastatud Pirital Tallinna Olümpiapurjespordikeskuse sadamast. Merele mindi Karepa kandist ja jõuti Soome. Vabadus ei hoidnud Lepajõed pahandustest eemal. 17. aprillil 1985 röövis ta koos Raivo Roosnaga Helsingi kesklinnas juveelipoe, saagiks 1,47 miljonit marka. Päev hiljem röövisid nad Käpylä pangakontorist 100 000 marka. Talle mõisteti ligi kaheksa-aastane vanglakaristus ja ta vabanes ennetähtaegselt 1989. aastal. Soome vanglas kirjutas ta raamatu „Kapinallinen“. Aastaid hiljem sai temast Eestis telesaatejuht.

Map of the area around A stolen dinghy from Pirita to Finland
59.46685° N, 24.82740° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Alex Lepajõe. ↗

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