Passers-by have found sensitive evidence in a rubbish skip outside Helsinki's police headquarters in Pasila, freesheet Voima reported on Wednesday.

According to the paper the evidence unearthed from the skip and documented by a jogger includes autopsy photographs, a partly torn passport and a recording of the questioning of a woman convicted of three murders.

Jari Liukku, the deputy chief of police, said the material had ended up in the skip during a move, adding an administrative inquiry was underway.

STT