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Danish Inventor Denies Murder As Trial Opens For Gruesome Submarine Death

For months investigators have been surfacing graphic details about Swedish reporter Kim Wall's death aboard Peter Madsen's private sub. Now, the man is defending his account in a Copenhagen courtroom.
This court drawing depicts Peter Madsen (left) and prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen as the trial opened Copenhagen on Thursday.

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Peter Madsen, the Danish inventor accused of murdering a Swedish journalist aboard his private submarine, pleaded not guilty to the charge Thursday at the start of his trial. The opening comments marked a new phase for a gruesome

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