
女記者遭丹麥發明家毒手
The Danish inventor Peter Madsen has been formally charged with the murder of the Swedish journalist Kim Wall, whose dismembered body parts were found in the sea near Copenhagen.
丹麥檢方正式起訴謀殺瑞典女記者沃爾的發明家梅森,沃爾遭肢解的身體部位在哥本哈根附近海域被尋獲。
be charged with~以…罪名被起訴dismember(v.)肢解
Prosecutors said that the 46-year-old either cut Wall’s throat or strangled her after she boarded his self-built submarine for an interview in August last year.
檢方説46歲的梅森可能是以割喉或勒殺方式行凶,去年受害人沃爾為了訪問登上梅森自造的潛水艇。
prosecutor(n.)檢察官prosecute(v.)起訴strangle(v.)勒死、掐死
They called for Madsen to be jailed for life for the “extremely brutal” and premeditated murder.
檢方將對梅森「極端殘酷」的預謀殺人行為求處無期徒刑。
call for sb. to RV呼籲be jailed for life 終身監禁;無期徒刑life sentence終身監禁;無期徒刑premeditated(adj.)預先策劃的、預謀的=planned=intentionalmeditate(v.)沈思;深思;冥想
Mr. Madsen has also been charged with “sexual relations other than intercourse of a particularly dangerous nature”.
梅森也被控對受害人施以「非性交的危險虐待性行為」。
other than~除了…之外=except for~intercourse(n.)性交
Mr. Madsen has admitted to dismembering the body of the journalist, but he claimed that she had died in an accident.
梅森已承認肢解沃爾的身體,但聲稱她死於意外。
admit to Ving承認做過…
Ms. Wall, 30, disappeared last August after boarding Mr. Madsen’s submarine in Copenhagen to research for a feature piece she was writing about the inventor.
30歲的沃爾去年八月為了撰寫關於梅森的專題報導取材,在哥本哈根登上梅森的潛水艇後便失蹤了。
feature(n.)(報紙)特別報導、專欄
The next day, Mr. Madsen was rescued from the sinking submarine without Ms. Wall.
隔天,梅森從沈沒的潛水艇中被救出,卻不見沃爾蹤影。
rescue(v.)拯救;搜救
Wall’s dismembered torso was found floating off the coast of Copenhagen 10 days after she was reported missing, and her head, legs and clothes were discovered in bags at sea in October.
宣告失蹤10天後,沃爾被肢解的軀幹被發現在哥本哈根的外海漂流,而她的頭、腳和衣服則被裝在袋子裡,於去年10月在海上被發現。
torso(n.)軀幹