FILE - This is a Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, file photo of police technicians board Peter Madsen's submarine UC3 Nautilus on a pier in Copenhagen harbour, Denmark. A Danish prosecutor said Tuesday Jan. 16,... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE - This is a Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, file photo of police technicians board Peter Madsen's submarine UC3 Nautilus on a pier in Copenhagen harbour, Denmark. A Danish prosecutor said Tuesday Jan. 16, 2018 that inventor Peter Madsen has been charged with murdering Swedish journalist Kim Wall during... (Associated Press) 
 
 COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Inventor Peter Madsen was charged Tuesday with killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall during a trip on his private submarine, with prosecutors saying he either cut her throat or strangled her. 
 
 Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen said the case is "very unusual and extremely disturbing." 
 
 Madsen is charged with murder as well as indecent handling of a corpse for the way he disposed of Wall's body. 
 
 Madsen claimed Wall died accidentally inside the submarine while he was on deck during the excursion in August. However, he later admitted throwing her body parts into the sea. 
 
 Madsen and Wall had gone on a trip in Madsen's submarine on Aug. 10. Wall, who was working on a story about Madsen, was last seen aboard the vessel as it left Copenhagen. The next day, Madsen — an entrepreneur who once dreamed of launching a manned space mission — was rescued from the sinking submarine without Wall. 
 
 Police believe he deliberately sank the vessel. 
 
 Madsen has offered a shifting variety of explanations for Wall's death. Initially, he told authorities he had dropped Wall off on an island several hours after their voyage began. Later, he said she had died in an accident on board and he had "buried" her at sea. 
 
 Her dismembered, naked torso was found on a southern Copenhagen coast in late August and her head, legs and clothes were discovered in bags at sea in October. Heavy metal objects were designed to take them to the ocean floor. 
 
 The trial starts March 8 and a verdict is expected on April 25. 

 Danish prosecutor says inventor cut Swedish journalist’s throat or strangled her on board vessel 
 
 The Danish inventor Peter Madsen has been formally charged with the murder of the Swedish journalist Kim Wall, a public prosecutor has said. 
 
 Jakob Buch-Jepsen said the 46-year-old either cut Wall’s throat or strangled her after she boarded his self-built submarine for an interview in August last year. 
 
 The self-taught engineer was charged with murder and indecent handling of a corpse, the Danish prosecutor said. 
 
 
 
 Wall’s headless and dismembered torso was found floating off the coast of Copenhagen 10 days after she was reported missing, and her head, legs and clothes were discovered in bags at sea in October. 
 
 In a case that Buch-Jepsen described as “very unusual and extremely disturbing�?, the inventor was also charged with sexual assault, without intercourse, of “a particularly dangerous nature�?. 
 
 Police said Madsen faced a life sentence if convicted. 
 
 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Officers board Peter Madsen’s submarine UC3 Nautilus on a pier in Copenhagen in August. Photograph: Jacob Ehrbahn/AP 
 
 In earlier police questioning, Madsen denied cutting up Wall’s body and claimed the 30-year-old died in “a terrible accident�? when a heavy hatch cover accidentally fell on her head during their brief voyage on the 17-metre (56ft) submarine. 
 
 He later changed his story, saying Wall, who was researching a profile about him, died of carbon monoxide poisoning while on board. He admitted dismembering her body, weighting her body parts and throwing them into the sea. 
 
 Prosecutors have said that 15 stab wounds were found on Wall’s body, including 14 around the genital area. Traces of Madsen’s DNA were found on the body, as well as the marks of a saw blade consistent with the removal of her head and limbs. 
 
 A police examination of Madsen’s computer uncovered material featuring women being tortured and killed. 
 
 Wall, who had written for the Guardian and the New York Times, was last seen alive on the Nautilus on 10 August. After her boyfriend reported her missing, the submarine was located south of Copenhagen the following morning. 
 
 Madsen, who was rescued and arrested just before the vessel sank, initially claimed to have set the journalist down on dry land. 
 
 The start of the trial has been set for 8 March and a verdict is expected on 25 April.
– Inventor Peter Madsen was charged Tuesday with killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall during an Aug. 10 trip on his private submarine, with prosecutors saying he either cut her throat or strangled her. Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen said the case is "very unusual and extremely disturbing." Madsen is charged with murder as well as indecent handling of a corpse for the way he disposed of Wall's body. The Guardian reports he was also charged with a sex assault that did not involve intercourse, and it notes 14 of the 15 stab wounds identified on Wall's body were located near her genitals. Madsen claimed Wall died accidentally inside the submarine while he was on deck during the excursion. However, he later admitted throwing her body parts into the sea. Madsen has offered a shifting variety of explanations for Wall's death. Initially, he told authorities he had dropped Wall off on an island several hours after their voyage began. Later, he said she had died in an accident on board and he had "buried" her at sea. Her dismembered, naked torso was found on a southern Copenhagen coast in late August and her head, legs, and clothes were discovered in bags at sea in October. Heavy metal objects were designed to take them to the ocean floor. The trial starts March 8 and a verdict is expected on April 25, reports the AP. The Guardian reports Madsen faces a life sentence.