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‘Peter Madsen was obsessed with beheadings,’ Danish prosecutors argue as inventor’s murder trial resumes

Madsen is accused of murdering Swedish journalist Kim Wall on his home-made submarine but he claims she died accidentally aboard his vessel

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Danish submarine owner and inventor Peter Madsen lands with the help of the Danish defence in Dragor Harbor south of Copenhagen, Denmark August 11, 2017. Scanpix Denmark/Bax Lindhardt/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK.
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The trial of Danish submarine inventor Peter Madsen, accused of murdering Swedish journalist Kim Wall, resumed on Wednesday as prosecutors disputed his account that she died accidentally aboard his vessel and suggested he was obsessed with beheadings.

Madsen has argued that Wall, a 30-year-old freelancer, died when the air pressure suddenly dropped and toxic fumes filled his home-made submarine on the night of August 10, 2017, while he was up on deck.

He has admitted dismembering her body and throwing it overboard, but denies the charge of premeditated murder.

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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.

A perverted polymorph, and highly sexually deviant
Prosecution description of Madsen

The prosecution has meanwhile painted a picture of Madsen as a sexual sadist who murdered her as part of a sexual fantasy.

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