COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The prosecutor in the trial of a Danish inventor accused of torture and murder in the death of a Swedish journalist during a private submarine trip said Monday there is "a risk that he that can commit the same kind of crime again."

Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen said Kim Wall may have been tied with her own stockings before Peter Madsen impaled her, and that he acted with a sexual motive.

In his final comments, Buch-Jepsen demanded Madsen is given life in prison — 16 years in Denmark, which could be extended if necessary — or locked up in a secure mental facility for as long as he's considered a danger to others.

He said Madsen who is accused of either cutting Wall's throat or strangling her, is not insane but "emotionally impaired with severe lack of empathy, anger and guilt."

Buch-Jepsen also quoted a court-ordered psychiatric report that described Madsen as an intelligent man "with psychopathic tendencies."

Defense lawyer Betina Hald Engmark called it "a horror story ... but the story is not based on facts. It is based on undocumented claims."

"It is not my client's duty to prove that he is innocent. It is the task of the prosecutor to prove that he is guilty," she told a packed Copenhagen City Court room. Wall's parents were among those in attendance.

Wall, a 30-year-old freelance journalist who wrote for The New York Times, The Guardian and other publications, set out on the submarine on Aug. 10 to interview Madsen, the co-founder of a company that develops and builds manned spacecraft.

Her remains were found in plastic bags on the Baltic Sea bed weeks later. Her torso had been stabbed multiple times. The cause of her death has not been established.

Madsen has said the reporter's death was accidental. Hald Engmark said there was no doubt Madsen dismembered Wall's body, but told the court there was inadequate evidence proving he killed her.

The 47-year-old Dane says Wall died because of a pressure problem in the home-made submarine. Buch-Jepsen retorted Monday that "forensic experts have found nothing" backing that.

Madsen, who told the court he was "a promiscuous person," has admitted to dismembering Wall's body before he "buried her at sea." He claimed he had to because he could not lift the woman's body up the submarine tower in one piece to throw it overboard.

Hald Engmark said Madsen should only be sentenced for the "horrible" act of cutting up Wall's body, adding that she was requesting a 6-month prison term.

"I am really, really sorry about what happened," Madsen said, addressing the dead journalist's parents — Ingrid and Joachim Wall — after the defense and the prosecution wrapped up their cases.

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Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen said Kim Wall may have been tied with her own stockings before Peter Madsen impaled her, and that he acted with a sexual motive.

In his final comments, Buch-Jepsen demanded Madsen is given life in prison — 16 years in Denmark, which could be extended if necessary — or locked up in a secure mental facility for as long as he's considered a danger to others.

He said Madsen who is accused of either cutting Wall's throat or strangling her, is not insane but "emotionally impaired with severe lack of empathy, anger and guilt."

Buch-Jepsen also quoted a court-ordered psychiatric report that described Madsen as an intelligent man "with psychopathic tendencies."

Defense lawyer Betina Hald Engmark called it "a horror story ... but the story is not based on facts. It is based on undocumented claims."

"It is not my client's duty to prove that he is innocent. It is the task of the prosecutor to prove that he is guilty," she told a packed Copenhagen City Court room. Wall's parents were among those in attendance.

Wall, a 30-year-old freelance journalist who wrote for The New York Times, The Guardian and other publications, set out on the submarine on Aug. 10 to interview Madsen, the co-founder of a company that develops and builds manned spacecraft.

Her remains were found in plastic bags on the Baltic Sea bed weeks later. Her torso had been stabbed multiple times. The cause of her death has not been established.

Madsen has said the reporter's death was accidental. Hald Engmark said there was no doubt Madsen dismembered Wall's body, but told the court there was inadequate evidence proving he killed her.

The 47-year-old Dane says Wall died because of a pressure problem in the home-made submarine. Buch-Jepsen retorted Monday that "forensic experts have found nothing" backing that.

Madsen, who told the court he was "a promiscuous person," has admitted to dismembering Wall's body before he "buried her at sea." He claimed he had to because he could not lift the woman's body up the submarine tower in one piece to throw it overboard.

Hald Engmark said Madsen should only be sentenced for the "horrible" act of cutting up Wall's body, adding that she was requesting a 6-month prison term.

"I am really, really sorry about what happened," Madsen said, addressing the dead journalist's parents — Ingrid and Joachim Wall — after the defense and the prosecution wrapped up their cases.

The 12-day trial started March 8, and the verdict will be delivered Wednesday at 1 p.m. (1100 GMT.)</s>COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The prosecutor in the trial of a Danish inventor accused of torture and murder in the death of a Swedish journalist during a private submarine trip said Monday there is "a risk that he that can commit the same kind of crime again."

Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen said Kim Wall may have been tied with her own stockings before Peter Madsen impaled her, and that he acted with a sexual motive.

In his final comments, Buch-Jepsen demanded Madsen is given life in prison — 16 years in Denmark, which could be extended if necessary — or locked up in a secure mental facility for as long as he's considered a danger to others.

He said Madsen who is accused of either cutting Wall's throat or strangling her, is not insane but "emotionally impaired with severe lack of empathy, anger and guilt."

Buch-Jepsen also quoted a court-ordered psychiatric report that described Madsen as an intelligent man "with psychopathic tendencies."

Defense lawyer Betina Hald Engmark called it "a horror story ... but the story is not based on facts. It is based on undocumented claims."

"It is not my client's duty to prove that he is innocent. It is the task of the prosecutor to prove that he is guilty," she told a packed Copenhagen City Court room. Wall's parents were among those in attendance.

Wall, a 30-year-old freelance journalist who wrote for The New York Times, The Guardian and other publications, set out on the submarine on Aug. 10 to interview Madsen, the co-founder of a company that develops and builds manned spacecraft.

Her remains were found in plastic bags on the Baltic Sea bed weeks later. Her torso had been stabbed multiple times. The cause of her death has not been established.

Madsen has said the reporter's death was accidental. Hald Engmark said there was no doubt Madsen dismembered Wall's body, but told the court there was inadequate evidence proving he killed her.

The 47-year-old Dane says Wall died because of a pressure problem in the home-made submarine. Buch-Jepsen retorted Monday that "forensic experts have found nothing" backing that.

Madsen, who told the court he was "a promiscuous person," has admitted to dismembering Wall's body before he "buried her at sea." He claimed he had to because he could not lift the woman's body up the submarine tower in one piece to throw it overboard.

Hald Engmark said Madsen should only be sentenced for the "horrible" act of cutting up Wall's body, adding that she was requesting a 6-month prison term.

"I am really, really sorry about what happened," Madsen said, addressing the dead journalist's parents — Ingrid and Joachim Wall — after the defense and the prosecution wrapped up their cases.

The 12-day trial started March 8, and the verdict will be delivered Wednesday at 1 p.m. (1100 GMT.)</s>COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The prosecutor in the trial of a Danish inventor accused of torture and murder in the death of a Swedish journalist during a private submarine trip said Monday there is "a risk that he that can commit the same kind of crime again."

Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen said Kim Wall may have been tied with her own stockings before Peter Madsen impaled her, and that he acted with a sexual motive.

In his final comments, Buch-Jepsen demanded Madsen is given life in prison — 16 years in Denmark, which could be extended if necessary — or locked up in a secure mental facility for as long as he's considered a danger to others.

He said Madsen who is accused of either cutting Wall's throat or strangling her, is not insane but "emotionally impaired with severe lack of empathy, anger and guilt."

Buch-Jepsen also quoted a court-ordered psychiatric report that described Madsen as an intelligent man "with psychopathic tendencies."

Defense lawyer Betina Hald Engmark called it "a horror story ... but the story is not based on facts. It is based on undocumented claims."

"It is not my client's duty to prove that he is innocent. It is the task of the prosecutor to prove that he is guilty," she told a packed Copenhagen City Court room. Wall's parents were among those in attendance.

Wall, a 30-year-old freelance journalist who wrote for The New York Times, The Guardian and other publications, set out on the submarine on Aug. 10 to interview Madsen, the co-founder of a company that develops and builds manned spacecraft.

Her remains were found in plastic bags on the Baltic Sea bed weeks later. Her torso had been stabbed multiple times. The cause of her death has not been established.

Madsen has said the reporter's death was accidental. Hald Engmark said there was no doubt Madsen dismembered Wall's body, but told the court there was inadequate evidence proving he killed her.

The 47-year-old Dane says Wall died because of a pressure problem in the home-made submarine. Buch-Jepsen retorted Monday that "forensic experts have found nothing" backing that.

Madsen, who told the court he was "a promiscuous person," has admitted to dismembering Wall's body before he "buried her at sea." He claimed he had to because he could not lift the woman's body up the submarine tower in one piece to throw it overboard.

Hald Engmark said Madsen should only be sentenced for the "horrible" act of cutting up Wall's body, adding that she was requesting a 6-month prison term.

"I am really, really sorry about what happened," Madsen said, addressing the dead journalist's parents — Ingrid and Joachim Wall — after the defense and the prosecution wrapped up their cases.

The 12-day trial started March 8, and the verdict will be delivered Wednesday at 1 p.m. (1100 GMT.)</s>COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The prosecutor in the trial of a Danish inventor accused of torture and murder in the death of a Swedish journalist during a private submarine trip said Monday there is "a risk that he that can commit the same kind of crime again."

Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen said Kim Wall may have been tied with her own stockings before Peter Madsen impaled her, and that he acted with a sexual motive.

In his final comments, Buch-Jepsen demanded Madsen is given life in prison — 16 years in Denmark, which could be extended if necessary — or locked up in a secure mental facility for as long as he's considered a danger to others.

He said Madsen who is accused of either cutting Wall's throat or strangling her, is not insane but "emotionally impaired with severe lack of empathy, anger and guilt."

Buch-Jepsen also quoted a court-ordered psychiatric report that described Madsen as an intelligent man "with psychopathic tendencies."

Defense lawyer Betina Hald Engmark called it "a horror story ... but the story is not based on facts. It is based on undocumented claims."

"It is not my client's duty to prove that he is innocent. It is the task of the prosecutor to prove that he is guilty," she told a packed Copenhagen City Court room. Wall's parents were among those in attendance.

Wall, a 30-year-old freelance journalist who wrote for The New York Times, The Guardian and other publications, set out on the submarine on Aug. 10 to interview Madsen, the co-founder of a company that develops and builds manned spacecraft.

Her remains were found in plastic bags on the Baltic Sea bed weeks later. Her torso had been stabbed multiple times. The cause of her death has not been established.

Madsen has said the reporter's death was accidental. Hald Engmark said there was no doubt Madsen dismembered Wall's body, but told the court there was inadequate evidence proving he killed her.

The 47-year-old Dane says Wall died because of a pressure problem in the home-made submarine. Buch-Jepsen retorted Monday that "forensic experts have found nothing" backing that.

Madsen, who told the court he was "a promiscuous person," has admitted to dismembering Wall's body before he "buried her at sea." He claimed he had to because he could not lift the woman's body up the submarine tower in one piece to throw it overboard.

Hald Engmark said Madsen should only be sentenced for the "horrible" act of cutting up Wall's body, adding that she was requesting a 6-month prison term.

"I am really, really sorry about what happened," Madsen said, addressing the dead journalist's parents — Ingrid and Joachim Wall — after the defense and the prosecution wrapped up their cases.

The 12-day trial started March 8, and the verdict will be delivered Wednesday at 1 p.m. (1100 GMT.)</s>COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The prosecutor in the trial of a Danish inventor accused of torture and murder in the death of a Swedish journalist during a private submarine trip said Monday there is "a risk that he that can commit the same kind of crime again."

Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen said Kim Wall may have been tied with her own stockings before Peter Madsen impaled her, and that he acted with a sexual motive.

In his final comments, Buch-Jepsen demanded Madsen is given life in prison — 16 years in Denmark, which could be extended if necessary — or locked up in a secure mental facility for as long as he's considered a danger to others.

He said Madsen who is accused of either cutting Wall's throat or strangling her, is not insane but "emotionally impaired with severe lack of empathy, anger and guilt."

Buch-Jepsen also quoted a court-ordered psychiatric report that described Madsen as an intelligent man "with psychopathic tendencies."

Defense lawyer Betina Hald Engmark called it "a horror story ... but the story is not based on facts. It is based on undocumented claims."

"It is not my client's duty to prove that he is innocent. It is the task of the prosecutor to prove that he is guilty," she told a packed Copenhagen City Court room. Wall's parents were among those in attendance.

Wall, a 30-year-old freelance journalist who wrote for The New York Times, The Guardian and other publications, set out on the submarine on Aug. 10 to interview Madsen, the co-founder of a company that develops and builds manned spacecraft.

Her remains were found in plastic bags on the Baltic Sea bed weeks later. Her torso had been stabbed multiple times. The cause of her death has not been established.

Madsen has said the reporter's death was accidental. Hald Engmark said there was no doubt Madsen dismembered Wall's body, but told the court there was inadequate evidence proving he killed her.

The 47-year-old Dane says Wall died because of a pressure problem in the home-made submarine. Buch-Jepsen retorted Monday that "forensic experts have found nothing" backing that.

Madsen, who told the court he was "a promiscuous person," has admitted to dismembering Wall's body before he "buried her at sea." He claimed he had to because he could not lift the woman's body up the submarine tower in one piece to throw it overboard.

Hald Engmark said Madsen should only be sentenced for the "horrible" act of cutting up Wall's body, adding that she was requesting a 6-month prison term.

"I am really, really sorry about what happened," Madsen said, addressing the dead journalist's parents — Ingrid and Joachim Wall — after the defense and the prosecution wrapped up their cases.

The 12-day trial started March 8, and the verdict will be delivered Wednesday at 1 p.m. (1100 GMT.)</s>COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - - Aug 10: Kim Wall goes on submarine trip with Peter Madsen. They are the only two people on the sub. It is the last time Wall is seen alive.

- Aug. 11: Major search for submarine after Wall's Danish boyfriend alerted authorities that the sub had not returned. Madsen is saved from sinking submarine south of Copenhagen. Wall is nowhere to be found. Madsen is arrested and claims Wall disembarked from the submarine to a Copenhagen island several hours into their trip.

- Aug. 12: Madsen appears before a pre-trial custody hearing on preliminary charges of manslaughter while police investigate. In Denmark, preliminary charges are a step short of formal charges.

- Aug. 13: The submarine is raised and brought onshore in northern Copenhagen.

- Aug 21: The dismembered torso of Wall is found at sea off Copenhagen.

- Aug. 25: Madsen also faces preliminary charges of indecent handling of a corpse.

- Aug. 23: Copenhagen police says DNA test confirms it is Wall's torso.

- Sept. 5. During a four-hour pre-trial custody hearing, Madsen claims Wall died accidentally when she hit by a 70-kilogram (155-pound) hatch on the UC3 Nautilus submarine, after which he "buried" her at sea. He later changes that claim when Wall's head is found with no skull fractures.

- Oct. 4: Police say 15 stabs found on Wall's torso, and videos of women being tortured, decapitated and killed are found on Madsen's computer. They are not produced by Madsen but considered real (so-called snuff videos).

- Oct. 7: Police announce head, two legs and clothes found in plastic bags a day earlier. Dental records help in the identification of Wall.

- Nov. 22: Left arm is found by divers in the sea south of Copenhagen. Belongs to Wall.

- Nov. 29: Right arm is found by divers in the sea south of the Danish capital. Belongs to Wall.

- Jan. 12: Police stop searching for cell phones of Wall and Madsen believed to have been thrown at sea.

- Jan. 16: Madsen is charged with murder, dismemberment and indecent handling of a corpse, among other things.

- March. 8: Trial against Madsen starts at the Copenhagen City Court where he faces a judge and two jurors.

- April 25: Last trial day. Verdict to be announced.</s>Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Madsen was sentenced to life for the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall

Danish inventor Peter Madsen has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of the Swedish journalist Kim Wall on his submarine.

Madsen had planned to kill Ms Wall, 30, either by suffocating her or cutting her throat, the Copenhagen court heard.

Her dismembered remains were found by Danish police at sea on 21 August last year, 11 days after she interviewed him on board his homemade vessel.

Madsen, 47, has said he will appeal against the conviction.

He was found guilty of premeditated murder and sexual assault after previously admitting to dismembering Ms Wall's body on the submarine and throwing her remains overboard.

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His claim that Ms Wall's death was accidental was dismissed by the court.

What did the judge say?

The case was heard by Copenhagen City Court Judge Anette Burkoe and two jurors.

Judge Burkoe said: "It is the court's assessment that the defendant killed Kim Wall.

Image copyright Ritzau Foto Image caption Peter Madsen and Kim Wall on the submarine Nautilus in Aug 2017

"We are talking about a cynical and planned sexual assault and brutal murder of a random woman, who in connection with her journalistic work had accepted an offer to go sailing in the defendant's submarine."

She said Madsen had "failed to give trustworthy explanations" and had "shown an interest for the killing and maiming of people and has shown an interest for impaling".

No emotion

BBC's Jenny Hill, at the court in Copenhagen

In the stuffy, crowded press room, everyone exhaled at once as the judge announced her verdict. This case has horrified Denmark - and not just because of the brutality of the crime.

Peter Madsen's stunts and projects, after all, had captured the public imagination. But the man people thought they knew as a harmless eccentric turned out to be a calculating and violent killer.

Madsen went to extraordinary lengths to evade justice, scuttling his own submarine and changing his story several times. Today he sat, staring ahead, betraying no emotion as the judge told him that she didn't believe that Kim Wall had died accidentally.

This was, she insisted, a "cynically planned murder". Only Madsen knows exactly what happened on board the Nautilus that night but the details pieced together by investigators suggest a crime so gruesome that even the prosecuting lawyer admitted afterwards that he'd found the case particularly hard to deal with.

What do we know about the murder?

Ms Wall had been researching a story about Madsen's venture and was last seen on the evening of 10 August as she departed with him on his self-built 40-tonne submarine, UC3 Nautilus, into waters off Copenhagen.

Her boyfriend raised the alarm the next day when she did not return from the trip. Madsen was rescued at sea after his submarine sank the same day. Police believe he deliberately scuttled the vessel.

Ms Wall's mutilated torso was spotted by a passing cyclist on 21 August but her head, legs and clothing, placed in weighted-down bags, were not discovered by police divers until 6 October.

After his arrest, Madsen gave differing accounts of what had happened on board his submarine.

During the opening session of his trial last month, prosecutors said there was a suspicion that he had "psychopathic tendencies" after investigators discovered films on his computer showing women being tortured and mutilated.

What did Madsen say about that night?

Madsen's shifting and unconvincing explanations helped convict him.

Initially, he said he had dropped Ms Wall off at about 22:30 the night before she disappeared and had not seen her since.

The next day Madsen gave police a new account of events, telling them there had been a "terrible accident" on board the self-built submarine.

Ms Wall, he said, had been accidentally hit on the head by the submarine's 70kg (150lb) hatch. He had then dumped her body somewhere in Koge Bay, about 50km (30 miles) south of Copenhagen.

On 30 October, police said the inventor had changed his story again and told them Ms Wall had died on board of carbon monoxide poisoning while he was up on deck. He also admitted dismembering her body, which he had previously denied.

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen left court saying he was "satisfied"

After the verdict was announced, Madsen's lawyer Betina Hald Engmark told the court her client would appeal. He will remain in custody pending the process.

What does life imprisonment mean in Denmark?

Theoretically it means just that, but in reality life-term prisoners do not serve the sentence. Police killer Palle Sorensen, paroled in 1998 after 32 years, and Naum Conevski, jailed in 1984 for killing two young men, are unusual in having served considerably more than the average of about 16 years.

Sorensen died earlier this year. Conevski is still in jail.

The sentence range for murder starts at five years and runs to life.

One study shows the number of life-termers in Danish prisons increased from 10 in 1997 to 25 in 2013. The 2015 study said only every fifth or sixth murder convict was serving life.

Who was Kim Wall?

Friends and family describe her as a formidable character and driven journalist.

She was born in 1987 and grew up in a close-knit community in the small town of Trelleborg in southern Sweden, just across the strait dividing Denmark from Sweden.

She studied international relations at London School of Economics and went on to gain a place on the masters programme of Columbia University's School of Journalism - described as the "Oxbridge of journalism".

Even within her cohort she was top of the class, winning honours in her year, her classmate and friend Anna Codrea-Rado told the BBC.

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Danish inventor and submariner Peter Madsen is convicted of the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall and sentenced to life in prison.