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Peter Madsen

A courtroom sketch shows Peter Madsen during the trial regarding the killing of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, in Copenhagen, Denmark, on April 25, 2018.

Life sentence for Danish submarine entrepreneur who murdered Swedish journalist

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Danish inventor Peter Madsen was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for murdering, sexually mutilating and dismembering a Swedish female journalist with premeditation aboard his home-made submarine in Copenhagen harbor in 2017.

Copenhagen Police's Special prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen is seen during a news conference in front of the Copenhagen Police Headquarters after the prosecutor's office announced the charge in the submarine murder case against Peter Madsen, in Copenhagen

Denmark to seek life sentence for inventor who killed journalist Kim Wall

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