Danish submarine killer sentenced for brief prison escape

Danish submarine killer sentenced for brief prison escape
Peter Madsen with his submarine in 2008 (Niels Hougaard /Ritzau via AP, File)

A Danish man convicted of torturing and murdering a Swedish journalist on his homemade submarine has been given a 19-month sentence for his attempt to escape from prison.

Peter Madsen was quickly apprehended on October 20 near the Herstedvester prison in suburban Copenhagen – where he is serving a life sentence for the killing of Kim Wall – after he threatened staff with a fake gun and fake explosives.

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