A court on Friday sentenced a man to five years imprisonment on charge of abusing children sexually.
The Kainuu district court awarded the punishment to the 51-year-old man as allegations brought against him were proved beyond doubt, court sources said.
The court also fined him EUR 65,000 as compensation to the victims, said sources.
According to the case, the man who hailed from Suomussalmi abused five under aged children sexually in between 1998 and 2012.
Following the allegations, police arrested the man in October 2012.