A Danish man accused of mutilating women spoke publicly for the first time in a South African court Thursday, requesting bail and shrugging off a charge he plotted to murder his wife. Peter Frederiksen, a 63-year-old gun shop owner, was arrested in September after police investigators said over 10 pieces of frozen female genitals, surgical equipment and pornographic photographs of children were found at his Bloemfontein townhouse. Prosecutor Amanda Bester said that Frederiksen, who allegedly had a cell phone in prison, conspired to murder his wife because she "knew too much" and that he intimidated other state witnesses while behind bars.



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