Inventor admits to killing Swedish journalist aboard his submarine for first time

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The man convicted of killing a Swedish journalist while aboard his homemade submarine has admitted to her murder and dismemberment.

Peter Madsen, 49, is serving a life sentence in prison after being convicted of Kim Wall’s August 2017 murder. Throughout the trial, he maintained that the death was an accident, but new recordings between Madsen and another journalist inquiring about the crime were released as part of a new documentary series Secret Recordings with Peter Madsen, France 24 reported.

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