Life Sentence for Danish Submarine Entrepreneur Who Murdered Swedish Journalist

Life Sentence for Danish Submarine Entrepreneur Who Murdered Swedish Journalist
Defense attorney Betina Hald Engmark arrives at the courthouse in Copenhagen, Denmark April 25, 2018. Ritzau Scanpix/Nikolai Linares/via Reuters
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COPENHAGEN---A Danish court sentenced inventor Peter Madsen to life in prison on Wednesday for murdering and dismembering a Swedish journalist aboard his home-built submarine in Copenhagen harbour in August 2017.

Madsen, dressed in black, sat completely still as his sentence was handed down in the Copenhagen City Court.