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