Engineer goes on trial for murder of journalist

Danish engineer Peter Madsen, who is charged with murdering and mutilating Swedish journalist Kim Wall last year aboard his homemade submarine, goes on trial tomorrow.

The Copenhagen Court House is to call 37 witnesses during the trial, which could help clarify seemingly contradictory statements by the 47-year-old accused, who has admitted cutting up Wall’s body but denies murdering her aboard the vessel where she was last seen on August 10.

Madsen’s lawyer has not revealed what he intends to say at his trial.