Danish inventor denies killing journalist at murder trial
COPENHAGEN — The Danish inventor accused of torturing and killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall during a private submarine trip before dismembering her body strongly denied killing her, asserting at his trial Thursday that she died accidentally because of a pressure problem in the submarine.
Peter Madsen, who is accused of torturing Wall before he either cut her throat or strangled her on his submarine, also denied he was sexually attracted to her.
Sitting on his hands as he testified at the opening of his trial in Copenhagen City Court, Madsen appeared irritated at times as he brushed off any suggestion of sexual activity with Wall before or after her death.
Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen read from a psychiatric report describing Madsen as an intelligent man “with psychopathic tendencies.” Madsen himself told the court Thursday that he was “a promiscuous person.”