A former soldier who admitted killing his Scottish girlfriend will be evaluated by a psychiatrist before a judge decides if he should be convicted of murder.

Karel Frybl, 36, stabbed 26-year-old Rebecca Johnson to death while the two were working as husky sled guides at a wilderness safari company in Finland.

Ms Johnson, from Burntisland in Fife, was found dying by colleagues on December 3, 2016.

There were ten stab wounds in her chest and another 30 punctures and cuts on other parts of her body.

Czech national Frybl claims to have no memory of the attack and said he was suffering a temporary breakdown at the time.

On Thursday, a two-day trial ended with a judge ordering psychiatric evaluations to be conducted in order to establish whether Frybl will be sentenced for homicide or murder.

Under Finnish law, a murder conviction can only be handed down if the killing is particularly violent, planned in advance, happens over a long time or contains some "raw" elements such as torture.

Frybl - who also uses the name Radek Kovac - will be held in a Finnish prison until the evaluations are carried out.

In closing arguments the state prosecutor made the case that the severity of the attack and high number of knife wounds, meant that Frybl should be convicted of murder, which carries a mandatory life sentence in Finland.

Frybl's lawyer said the case did not meet the standard for a murder conviction since the attack was over very quickly, Ms Johnson's death was not prolonged and there was no premeditation involved.

"Something snapped in his mind" she told the court, where Rebecca Johnson's parents, brother and sister were also sitting. "He lost control."