to life in prison for the murder
of the swedish journalist kim wall.
peter madsen had claimed
the 30—year—old writer had died
from breathing in exhaust fumes
aboard his home built submarine
in copenhagen harbour last august.
madsen had admitted
dismembering her body,
but the court ruled her death
wasn't an accident.
maddy savage has more.
in sentencing peter madsen to life,
the judge described the killing
as cynically planned
and of a brutal nature.
he also suggested that peter madsen
had shown little concern
or remorse for kim wall,
even texting his wife just minutes
after he killed her.
he suggested it was something
of a random killing.
he had invited other women
aboard his submarine that summer,
but they had said no.
kim wall, a promising freelance
journalist from sweden
who loved to travel.
last august, she was about to move
to china with her danish boyfriend,
but first she had one last
story to finish.
in the same neighbourhood
here in copenhagen, where the young