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Danes wants to ban some inmates from entering a romance

September 17, 2021 GMT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish government wants to ban prisoners serving a life sentence from entering a romantic relationship and says that they “should not have the opportunity to spend time in prisons dating or advertising their crimes on, for example, social media.”

Danish crime show turns lurid procedural trend on its head

By MARK KENNEDYJanuary 27, 2021 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall had all the gruesome elements of a modern true-crime classic...

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The Latest: Kim Wall killer appeal adjourned in Denmark

September 14, 2018 GMT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Latest on the appeal by convicted murderer Peter Madsen (all times local):

10:30 a.m.

The last session of Danish submarine inventor Peter Madsen's appeal against his life sentence for the murder of Swedish reporter Kim Wall has been abandoned after a juror collapsed during closing remarks.

Dane convicted of killing, dismembering journalist on sub

By JAN M. OLSEN and DAVID RISINGApril 25, 2018 GMT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A self-taught Danish engineer was convicted of murder Wednesday for luring a Swedish journalist on to his homemade submarine, then torturing and killing her before dismembering her body and dumping it at sea in a sensational case that has gripped Scandinavia...

Timeline in case of journalist Kim Wall’s death on submarine

By The Associated PressApril 24, 2018 GMT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish inventor Peter Madsen is on trial for the killing of journalist Kim Wall in his submarine. Madsen denies killing Wall and says she died while he was on deck. However, he has admitted dismembering the 30-year-old woman's body before he "buried her at sea."

Danish inventor denies killing journalist at murder trial

By JAN M. OLSENMarch 8, 2018 GMT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — 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...