COPENHAGEN — A Danish judge has extended the detention of Peter Madsen, the inventor suspected in the death of a Swedish woman aboard his home-made submarine. In the first public hearing since Madsen was arrested on Aug. 11, the 46-year-old claimed freelance journalist Kim Wall died after she was accidentally hit by a hatch in the submarine’s tower, and denied all accusations of sexual assault. He told the court he slipped when in the tower and tried to hold the hatch, but it fell down. The journalist, who was on her way up the tower, was hit in the head by the 70-kilogram ]hatch and bled from an open skull fracture, he said. Tuesday’s hearing was not aimed at determining Madsen’s guilt, but rather whether there was sufficient evidence to maintain his detention as police investigate.

Source: National Post September 06, 2017 03:00 UTC