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Agence France-Presse

Danish inventor Peter Madsen tied up and tortured Swedish journalist Kim Wall before killing and dismembering her on board his home-made submarine last year, the indictment obtained on Wednesday showed.
In a grisly case that shocked the public, the remains of 30-year-old Wall were found in plastic bags over a series of weeks in Koge Bay, after she vanished while interviewing Madsen on his submarine on August 10.
Madsen, who was arrested and detained shortly after Wall’s disappearance, has admitted cutting up her body and dumping it at sea but has denied intentionally killing her or having any sexual relations with her.

He was formally charged on January 16 with premeditated murder, desecration of a corpse, and sexual relations other than intercourse, among other things.
Danish inventor charged with murdering former SCMP reporter Kim Wall
According to the charge sheet, Madsen, 47, tied Wall up by the head, arms and legs before beating and “stabbing and cutting her”, including 14 stab wounds and holes in her genital area.
He then proceeded to kill her and dismember her torso, head, and legs, placing them in separate bags weighed down with metal objects, and dumping them into Koge Bay off Copenhagen.
The cause of death has not been established, but investigators believe he either strangled her or cut her throat. He has insisted her death was an accident, but has repeatedly changed his version of events.
Prosecutors, who have previously said they believe Madsen killed Wall as part of a sexual fantasy, did not mention a motive in the charge sheet.
Danish submarine builder ‘had real films of women being beheaded’
They will argue the murder was premeditated because Madsen “brought a saw, knife, sharpened screwdriver, straps, strips and pipes” on board.

Investigators said earlier they had found a hard disk in Madsen’s workshop that contained fetish films in which women were tortured, decapitated and burned alive.
His trial will begin on March 8, and the verdict is expected on April 25.
Danish submarine owner claims Kim Wall died after being hit by hatch cover
Prosecutors have called for a life sentence, which in Denmark averages 16 to 17 years before parole according to national statistics, though some convicts have been locked up much longer.
Wall worked as an editorial intern and reporter in Hong Kong for the South China Morning Post from June to September in 2013, covering news about China for the national desk. Her work also appeared in The Guardian and The New York Times.
At the time of her disappearance, she was believed to be working on a feature story about Madsen, an eccentric self-taught engineer who is a well-known figure in Denmark.


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Danish inventor tied up and tortured journalist Kim Wall before killing her, prosecutors claim

Swedish journalist Kim Wall. Photo: AP

FILE - This is a Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, file photo of police technicians board Peter Madsen's submarine UC3 Nautilus on a pier in Copenhagen harbour, Denmark. A Danish prosecutor said Tuesday Jan. 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. Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen said Tuesday the case is "very unusual and extremely gross."(Jacob Ehrbahn/Ritzau Foto, File via AP)

(FILES) This file photo taken on August 11, 2017 shows Peter Madsen (R), builder and captain of the private submarine "UC3 Nautilus" talking to a police officer in Dragoer Harbor south of Copenhagen, following a major rescue operation after the submarine sank in the sea outside Copenhagen Harbor. Danish prosecutors on January 16, formally charged inventor Peter Madsen with last year's murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, whose dismembered body parts were found at sea after she interviewed him on his homemade submarine. Madsen, who was arrested and detained shortly after Wall's disappearance in August, has admitted cutting up her body and dumping it at sea but has denied intentionally killing her. / AFP PHOTO / Scanpix Denmark / Bax Lindhardt / Denmark OUT

DNA match: headless torso found in Copenhagen waters is missing ex-SCMP reporter Kim Wall from submarine

Danish inventor Peter Madsen has been charged with killing Kim Wall, a Swedish journalist, in his home-made submarine

Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who was aboard a submarine UC3 Nautilus before it sank. Photo: Reuters

Danish submarine builder, suspected of murdering reporter Kim Wall, ‘had real films of women being beheaded’

Peter Madsen is alleged to have murdered Kim Wall aboard his submarine, before decapitating and desecrating her body, dumping it at sea and scuttling his submarine. Photo: Reuters

Allegedly Swedish journalist Kim Wall stands next to a man in the tower of the private submarine "UC3 Nautilus" on August 10, 2017 in Copenhagen Harbor. Danish police said Sunday they searched a huge DIY submarine that sank last week in the hunt for the missing journalist who had been aboard before it sank, but no body was found. - / AFP PHOTO / Peter THOMPSON

Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen addresses the media in front of the District Court of Copenhagen, Tuesday, Sept. 5. 2017. A Danish judge has extended the detention of Peter Madsen, the inventor suspected in the death of Swedish freelance journalist Kim Wall, aboard his home-made submarine. (Jens Dresling/Ritzau via AP)

This is a Dec. 28, 2015 handout photo portrait of the Swedish journalist Kim Wall taken in Trelleborg, Sweeden. Danish police say that the owner of a home-built submarine has told investigators that a missing female Swedish journalist died onboard in an accident, and he buried her at sea in an unspecified location. Copenhagen police said Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 that submarine owner Peter Madsen will continue to be held on preliminary manslaughter charges. (Tom Wall via AP)

Danish inventor denies killing former SCMP reporter Kim Wall but once claimed his home-made submarine was ‘cursed’

Peter Madsen (right) talks to police in Copenhagen. Photo: AFP

epa06140357 (FILE) Swedish journalist Kim Wall poses for a picture in Sweden on 28 December 2015 (issued 12 August 2017). Swedish journalist Kim Wall was onboard a private submarine 'UC3 Nautilus' owned by Peter Madsen. The submarine sank on 11 August in the day after being reported missing in the night of 10 August 2017. Media reports on 12 August 21017 state that Peter Madsen has been charged over the death of a Swedish female journalist who had been on board his vessel before it sank. EPA/TOM WALL MANDATORY BYLINE: TOM WALL **Endast för redaktionell användning. Bilden kommer från en extern källa och distribueras i sin ursprungliga form som en service till våra abonnenter** 15delete SWEDEN OUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

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Wall, who worked for the South China Morning Post in 2013, had been interviewing Peter Madsen aboard his home-made submarine


Danish inventor tied up and tortured journalist Kim Wall before killing her, prosecutors claim

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Wall, who worked for the South China Morning Post in 2013, had been interviewing Peter Madsen aboard his home-made submarine