He is also charged with having sexual relations with Wall, 30, of a "particularly dangerous nature" before she was killed. Madsen, 47, is charged with murder, dismemberment and indecent handling of a corpse for the way he disposed of Wall's body. Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen called the case "very unusual and extremely disturbing." Reading or replaying the story in itsĪrchived form does not constitute a republication of the story.ĬOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Inventor Peter Madsen was charged Tuesday with killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall during a trip on his private submarine, with prosecutors saying he either cut her throat or strangled her before dismembering her body and dumping it into the sea.
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Madsen’s trial starts March 8 and a verdict is expected on April 25.Only for your personal, non-commercial use. Multiple knife wounds had been found on her torso and Buch-Jepsen said Tuesday Madsen had stabbed Wall several times while she was alive but declined to elaborate.Īuthorities also want to destroy Madsen’s submarine. Her head, legs and clothes were discovered in bags at sea in October, along with heavy metal objects designed to take them to the ocean floor. Wall’s dismembered, naked torso was found on a southern Copenhagen shoreline in late August. However, he later admitted throwing her body parts into the sea. Then he claimed that Wall died accidentally inside the submarine while he was on deck during the excursion and he had “buried” her at sea. Initially, he told authorities he had dropped Wall off on an island several hours after their voyage began. Madsen has offered a shifting variety of explanations for Wall’s death. Police believe he deliberately sank the vessel. The next day, Madsen - an entrepreneur who once dreamed of launching a manned space mission - was rescued from the sinking submarine without Wall. Wall, who was working on a story about Madsen, was last seen aboard the vessel as it left Copenhagen. Madsen and Wall had gone on a trip in Madsen’s submarine on Aug. Madsen’s defense lawyer Betina Hald Engmark had no immediate comment in reaction to the charges, adding her client still denies murdering Wall. “Evidence must be presented in court and not in the media,” he said, adding he also didn’t want to comment out of respect for Wall’s family. He also declined to comment on Madsen’s motive. “There is much technical evidence but I won’t go into details right now,” Buch-Jepsen told a brief news conference. Prosecutors will urge that Madsen be sentenced to life in prison, or be locked up in a secure mental facility if deemed necessary by psychiatrists for as long as he’s considered sick and dangerous to others. The charges were made public by the Danish prosecution authority.īuch-Jepsen said the killing was premeditated. He is also charged with having sexual relations with Wall, 30, of a “particularly dangerous nature” before she was killed. Madsen, 47, is charged with murder, dismemberment and indecent handling of a corpse for the way he disposed of Wall’s body. Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen called the case “very unusual and extremely disturbing.” Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen said Tuesday the case is "very unusual and extremely gross." (Niels Hougaard /Ritzau via AP, File)ĬOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Inventor Peter Madsen was charged Tuesday with killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall during a trip on his private submarine, with prosecutors saying he either cut her throat or strangled her before dismembering her body and dumping it into the sea. 16, 2018 that inventor Peter Madsen has been charged with murdering Swedish journalist Kim Wall during a trip on his private submarine, saying he either cut her throat or strangled her. FILE - In this Apfile photo, submarine owner Peter Madsen stands inside the vessel.
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