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Peter Langkjær Madsen (Danish: [ˈpʰe̝ˀtɐ ˈlɑŋˌkʰeˀɐ̯ ˈmæsn̩]; born 12 January 1971) [1] is a Danish convicted murderer and former entrepreneur. In April 2018, he was convicted of the August 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall on board his submarine, UC3 Nautilus , and sentenced to life imprisonment .
The murder of Kim Wall, known in Denmark as Ubådssagen (transl. "The submarine case"), [2] took place on 10 August 2017, after Swedish freelance journalist Kim Wall boarded the midget submarine UC3 Nautilus, in Køge Bugt, Denmark, for a pre-arranged interview of its owner, Danish entrepreneur Peter Madsen.
It was built over a three-year period by Peter Madsen and a group of volunteers, and cost approximately US$200,000 to build (1.5 million DKK). The submarine was Madsen's third submarine design. [2] On 11 August 2017, Nautilus sank in the bay of Køge, in what investigators determined was a deliberate act by Madsen.
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Peter Madsen, who is on trial for Kim Wall's murder, detailed a violent fantasy of cutting up a woman on board his home-made submarine, according to WIRED.
Danish inventor Peter Madsen has been sentenced to life in prison for killing 30-year-old journalist Kim Wall.
The sub was built at Peter Madsen's workshop in Farum, Denmark. [9] Freya was completed in 2002. It was built with only an electric drive, a 3.1-kW Sauer-Danfoss 24V DC electric motor. Coupled with a 24V 200Ah Setronic-Flamm GS gel battery, this gave a range of 9.7 km (6 mi), but a charging time of 24 hours.
Peter Madsen was sentenced to life in prison in 2018 for killing Kim Wall, a 30-year-old freelance reporter, after bringing her aboard his self-built submarine with the promise of an interview.