Drama in the Danish submarine case: Peter Madsen, sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall in his home-made submersible, admitted his guilt for the first time in a documentary, broadcast on Wednesday September 9 .
This admission, which comes more than three years after the fact, does not shed light on the exact circumstances of the young woman's death.
Asked by phone, the 49-year-old inventor answers "yes" to the journalist's question asking him if he killed Kim Wall, but his explanation of the details of the death remains unclear.
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"It's my fault that Kim is no longer there now," admits the forty-something, sentenced in April 2018 for his premeditated murder, preceded by sexual violence.
On the evening of August 10, 2017, the journalist boarded the Nautilus with Peter Madsen, the designer and owner of the submersible.
The thirty-something wanted to portray this self-taught engineer obsessed with the conquest of seas and space, well known in her country.
Kim Wall was reported missing overnight by her companion and her body was later found at sea, dismembered.
Peter Madsen was talking about accidental death so far
“Other than August 10, 2017, I never did anything to anyone,” says Peter Madsen, who describes himself as non-violent.
However, he assures us that "there is only one culprit and that is me".
During the trial, he admitted having cut the lifeless body of the young woman before throwing her in the Baltic Sea, but maintained that her death was accidental.
He first claimed that Kim Wall had been given the hatch cover on her head, before killing herself by falling to the bottom of the submarine, then he described her dead asphyxiated by exhaust gases during 'a depressurization of the passenger compartment.
In the documentary, Peter Madsen now speaks of a conversation in which Kim Wall "shakes things up" and admits that this resulted in the death of the young woman.
At the same time, he also evokes a situation in which the journalist touches a mine whose explosion kills her.
"He's trying to put the blame on Kim Wall"
"Here, he tries to put the blame on Kim Wall, and that's a very classic trait for killers like Peter Madsen with obvious psychopathic traits. They never take responsibility for their actions, no matter what. gravity. He tries to justify and explain what he did ", judged Kurt Kragh, a former specialized investigator, with the tabloid Ekstra Bladet.
The autopsy, which was presented at length during the trial, does not mention injuries linked to the detonation of explosives.
It details 14 injuries - including at least one inflicted while the victim was alive or in agony - located in and around his genitals.
The documentary series, entitled "Secret Recordings with Peter Madsen" and of which only the first episode was broadcast, is based on more than 20 hours of telephone conversation between a journalist and the assassin, recorded without the latter's knowledge.
He then gave his authorization for their use.
The case, unique in the legal annals of Denmark, had an unprecedented media impact in the kingdom.
It should be the subject of a television series focusing on the complexity of the investigation.
Peter Madsen will not be represented there.
With AFP
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