Insightful day in court: Rocket-Madsen's explanation crumbles
Peter Madsen says he was sleeping after Kim Wall's death, but the autopsy report shows that Kim Wall was injured immediately after his death
He sat quietly and looked into the camera from his chair in Western Prison, when the prosecutor yesterday presented evidence that Kim Wall had been stabbed brutally around or shortly after his death.
Court Room 36 was stupid, and the audience's eyes focused on two white canvases, where Peter Madsen shortly after 15.45. toned forward. Wearing military-colored jacket and a pair of black glasses flanked by its defender Betina Hald Engmark.
Here, the 47-year-old submarine captain should be presented to the police's latest evidence at a brief hearing, but in the opposition at last he was not even present in court. Instead, he contributed via a video link from his place in Western Prison.
Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen received the word as the first, and soon it became evident that the suspicion against Peter Madsen had not been weakened since the last. With the court, the prosecutor had the final autopsy report that the forensics have worked since the women's tribute of Kim Wall was found on 21 August.
"Since the last hearing there are Approved autopsy statement and some photo documentation regarding Kim Walls torso. And I can already say now that there is no explanation for the cause of death, "said Jakob Buch-Jepsen in court.
On the other hand, he could tell that the torso had a stitch on the front of the chest and 14 stitches in the abdomen, of which 10 were on the genitals and four in the vagina. But the most remarkable in the statement was the time for the damage, because according to the statement, the damage was inflicted quite close to death.
"These are inflicted upon the onset of death or shortly thereafter. It can not be further clarified, but there are hardly any hours, "said Jakob Buch-Jepsen.
The information is in stark contrast to Peter Madsen's own explanation from the hearing on 5 August. Here he told how had a 'couple of hours drop out' because he was simply so tired. That's why he made sleeping in a section of the submarine while Kim Wall lay dead in another.
Peter Madsen was unable to comment on them yesterday, nor did he explain his previous explanation, but his defendant protested in his behalf against the prosecution's submission of the autopsy report. Primarily against the parts that the prosecutor failed to mention. Betina Hald Engmark would like to emphasize that there was also damage to Kim Wall, which occurred before her death, and which may stem from a fall. Blue. a bruise.
"It does not require the big medical background to know that when you fall in the way he explained that Kim Wall has done, you get the damage described," said Betina Hald Engmark.
Then a longer battle began with words between defendants and accusations about how the autopsy report should be read. If the damage was inflicted shortly after Kim Wall's death or if they could also be inflicted several hours after her death, so that Peter Madsen's explanation could actually vote.
Meanwhile, Peter Madsen sat silent and looked into the camera. Sometimes he felt the urge to whisper his defender something in his ear, and in the end he also chose to pronounce when he received the word.
"I just want to say that the things that come here are about the secondary term in my eyes. What happened to Kim. I have not seen anything yet, and I do not think I'm coming to anything that proves that Kim Wall has died as a result of a surrendered action. I've seen her die and saw her fall down, "he told the camera.
But neither the words nor his defendants' corresponding arguments that nothing new had been put on the table yesterday could cope with the case. The judge decided after less than one hour's hearing that Peter Madsen should remain imprisoned until 31 October.
The defense attorney is now considering whether that order - like last - should be appealed to the district court.