FILE - In this Wednesday, April 25, 2018 file photo, prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen at a press briefing in front of the courthouse in Copenhagen, Denmark, after the verdict in the case of Peter Madsen. Prosecutors say that Danish submarine inventor Peter Madsen is not appealing his murder conviction over the killing and dismemberment of Swedish journalist Kim Wall. The prosecution tweeted Monday, May 7, 2018 that the defense has only appealed against the life sentence handed down to Madsen by Copenhagen City Court. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)
Republished May 07, 2018 - 7:57 AM
Original Publication Date May 07, 2018 - 4:16 AM
COPENHAGEN - Danish submarine inventor Peter Madsen will not be appealing his murder conviction over the killing and dismemberment of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, prosecutors said Monday.
In a tweet, prosecutors said Madsen's defence team had only appealed against the life sentence that was handed down by the Copenhagen City Court. Prosecutors insist the sentence is correct.
Defence lawyer Betina Hald Engmark told Denmark's TV2 that Madsen "doesn't confess murdering Kim Wall but that he would like the case to be over with — also for the sake of the relatives and witnesses,"
Madsen was found guilty April 25 of murder, sexual assault and the dismembering of Wall. The Copenhagen court ruled unanimously that Madsen, 47, had lured Wall, 30, onto his hand-built submarine with the promise of an interview she had been trying to get for months.
The defence announced at the time that it would appeal, but didn't specify whether it was disputing Madsen's guilt or the sentence.
No date for the appeal over the sentence has been set.
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