(Reuters file photo)COPENHAGEN: A Danish court is due to rule on Wednesday on an appeal against a life sentence by Peter Madsen, convicted of the 2017 murder of a Swedish journalist aboard his homemade submarine. "From my own experience I would say that the majority of appeal cases don't result in a shorter sentence," Danish criminal lawyer Mette Grith Stage told AFP. He has asked the court to give him a lighter sentence, arguing that life behind bars was "disproportionate". A life sentence in Denmark averages around 16 years. The prosecution has meanwhile insisted that Madsen's life sentence was justified, given the grisly nature of the murder and his meticulous planning.

Source: Bangkok Post September 26, 2018 07:45 UTC