Kert "Kessu" Kesküla (13 January 1975 – 28 September 2011) was an Estonian basketball player.[1]

Early life

Kesküla was born 13 January 1975 in Saue Parish. In 2001 he graduated from International University Audentes.[1]

Career

From 1994 until 1996 he was a member of Estonian national basketball team. He also played on two teams: Baltika and TTÜ/A. Le Coq. From 2006 to 2008 he played on Finnish club Forssa Koripojat.[1]

Death

On 26 September 2011, Kesküla, aged 36, was lured to a deserted wooded location in the Tallinn district of Lasnamäe through an internet conversation with a teenage girl who offered Kesküla sex in exchange for money.[2] When Kesküla arrived at the location, he was beaten and stabbed to death in a planned robbery committed by the girl and three other teenage accomplices: two boys and another girl.[3] The four youths were arrested and charged with the murder within a week of the crime and all four were sentenced to prison.[3]

Kesküla was buried in Liiva Cemetery in Tallinn.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "ESBL: Kert_Kesküla". esbl.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Vainküla, Kirsti (24 April 2013). "Kert Kesküla mõrva saladus". Eesti Ekspress (in Estonian). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 Haravee, Juhan (29 September 2016). "Viis aastat jõhkrast veretööst: tuntud korvpallurit Kert Kesküla rünnanud ja tapnud noortejõugust pooled on juba vabadusse pääsenud". Õhtuleht (in Estonian). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Kert Kesküla saadeti viimsele teekonnale". Elu24 (in Estonian). 5 October 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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