*Kim Wall death: Danish prosecutors say murder was planned *
Danish prosecutors have charged inventor Peter Madsen with murdering Swedish journalist Kim Wall and will attempt to have him jailed for life.
Her dismembered remains were found at sea on 21 August last year, 11 days after she interviewed him aboard his homemade submarine.
Prosecutors accuse him of having planned the crime, either suffocating her or cutting her throat.
He admits dismembering her body but denies intentionally killing her.
The 30-year-old was last seen alive on the evening of 10 August as she departed with Mr Madsen on his self-built 40-tonne submarine, UC3 Nautilus. She was researching a story about his venture.
Her boyfriend raised the alarm the next day when she did not return from the trip. Mr Madsen was rescued at sea after his submarine sank the same day. Police believe he deliberately scuttled the vessel.
The journalist's mutilated torso was spotted by a passing cyclist on 21 August but her head, legs and clothing, placed in weighted-down bags, were not discovered by police divers until 6 October.
Ms Wall had had a long career in journalism, having previously reported from North Korea, the South Pacific, Uganda and Haiti, writing for the New York Times, Guardian, Vice and the South China Morning Post.
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