New witness - a male.
The witness has been a navigator and skipper at Nautilus
- I should have brought nautilus to Bornholm in August, says the witness.
- When do you hear the cancellation of the trip, the prosecutor asks.
- I'm getting a sms from Peter Madsen on Thursday, August 10th, that the trip is canceled. I know others have had the cancellation before me, says the witness.
- Did you get any explanation for the cancellation?
- No, I asked why in a text I sent around at 22 o'clock, but I did not get any answer, says the witness.
The witness tells he met Peter Madsen in 2008.
"Peter discovered that I had a past in the Navy and with submarines, and Peter thought it was very exciting," said the witness.
The witness tells that he did not know the economy in the workshop.
"But my impression is that you lived from hand to mouth," says the witness.
The witness tells him that he experienced Peter Madsen frustrated in August.
"I think he was disappointed that the missile suspension was canceled," the witness said.
The witness tells that Peter Madsen had many female acquaintances, and that he knew that Peter was living in an open relationship.
- Has Peter ever said anything to you about committing a crime, asks the prosecutor.
- He once told me he dreamed of committing the perfect crime. There was something about police on land and water, says the witness.
*Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen now shows pictures from the submarine to the witness.
- Have you seen these tubes in the submarine before, the prosecutor asks the witness.
"No," said the witness.
- What about these straps that got hold of the show? There is an orange and a blue. Have you ever seen straps there, asks the prosecutor.
- No, never, says the witness.
- Is there any reasonable explanation for that, the prosecutor asks.
"No, I can not see what they should do there," said the witness.
"Now I understand you are the navigator driver and had the role of skipper, but do you also know the submarine's engines," he asked.
- No, I ignored that. I did not mix it, says the witness.
"Peter Madsen has told of this oppression that was in the cabin, which meant that Peter could not open the hatch first, but later got them back up. Is it your opinion that you could get into the submarine again from outside, if there was this under-pressure, ask the prosecutor.
"No," said the witness.
- Okay, you're the fourth witness telling, says the prosecutor.
It causes the defense attorney to break in and ask that the prosecutor keep his procedure remarks for himself.
The defender is now asking questions.
- What if the engines stop, what happens then, she asks the testimony.
- But they stop when there is no more air in the submarine. It will take 8 to 10 minutes, says the witness.
- What about the exhaust gases. Can they enter the submarine? "Asks the defense attorney.
"Well, if they can not get out, they'll come somewhere else," said the witness, referring to entering the submarine.
"But if the machines stop, will the pressure not be equalized so that you can enter the submarine again," asks the defense attorney.
- Not immediately, the witness says.
"Not immediately?" Asks the lawyer.
- The oppression does not just disappear. There will be a good room time, says the witness.
- You also mentioned this remark about the 'perfect crime'. What was that about, asks the defense attorney.
No, I thought it was a bit uncomfortable, so I pushed it away from me. But I thought there might be some money or jewelry coup he talked about, says the witness.
- How do you know that Peter was frustrated by the cancellation of the rocket launch, you first got the cancellation on August 10, asks the defense attorney.
"I could read that he was frustrated on his blog," said the witness.
- So you did not talk to him since you last saw him June 30, asks the defense attorney.
- Yes, the witness says.
- So when you say you've perceived that he was desperate, it's based on the blog post he writes August 9, asks the defense attorney.
- Yes, the witness says.
- And when did you read that blog post ?, asks the lawyer
"I did not do that until the submarine case started," the witness said.
The witness tells that Peter Madsen was generally frustrated by his relationship with the rival rocket club Copenhagen Suborbitals.
"I'll will ask you about what did you think when you heard that cancellation," asks the defense attorney.
"I was annoyed," said the witness.
The witness tells him that he has woken up at 4:00 am on Tuesday, August 11, by a police-officer, who had to make sure that the witness was not on board the missing Nautilus himself.
"I was with the police all morning to show them where the submarine used to lie," the witness said.
The defense attorney now reads the witness's previous statement to the police. It is from 04:25 AM on 11 August.
'witness explained about Madsen's mental condition that Peter Madsen could be affected by the incident with the rival rocket club. Peter Madsen, according to interrogation, was empathetic and could not lower the submarine if there were others within ', says the explanation.
- Have you said that, asks the defense attorney.
"Yes, that was how I felt it," said the witness.
The witness explains that he had talked with Peter Madsen that once they became very old, they would sail out with Nautilus and bury themselves.
"It was a very beautiful thought, I thought. Until I realized that Peter was a lot younger than me, and I thought it was a little stupid, says the witness.
It makes the audience in the room smile a little.
The defense attorney now asks the witness when he was last down to see the submarine.
"It was once during July," the witness said.
- Were you down and crawl and look around, asks the defense attorney.
- No, I was not down and crawling. It does not fit to my age, says the witness, there is an elderly gentleman.
The defender now shows pictures of inside Nautilus. She asks for the tension straps that were found tightly fixed at ankle height in the submarine. Peter Madsen explained to the court that they were tied up higher, but that they had to be slid down to ankle height when nautilus sank.
The witness has not seen the straps located there when he was on the submarine in July. But he did not bend down and checked it, he explains.
- Do you have any knowledge about whether Peter was out and sailing alone with the submarine, asks the defense attorney.
- He was. At least with anyone other than me. I tried to get Peter to report to the Navy when he sailed with Nautilus, but I do not think he did, says the witness.
Thus, the defense has no more questions, but the prosecutor has one last.
- They have straps. Could they have a function there, ask the prosecutor.
"No, I can not see that," said the witness.
The prosecutor also shows the long screwdrivers, which are part of the case. They are over 50 cm long.
- Have you seen them in the workshop or on the submarine, ask the prosecutor.
"No," said the witness.
The answer now causes the defense attorney to ask another question.
- How often were you in the workshop?
- I tried to stay there once a week.
- Do you have knowledge of all the workshop's tools, ask the defense attorney.
"No," said the witness.
The hearing has been completed and a new witness will be introduced.