Spooky Action
01-30-2004, 03:46 AM
Manslaughter verdict for cannibal
A German court has convicted self-confessed cannibal Armin Meiwes of manslaughter and sentenced him to eight years and six months in prison.
Meiwes, 42, admitted killing and eating Bernd Juergen Brandes after sex and hours of sado-masochism but insisted his victim had volunteered.
The well-spoken computer technician killed and ate Brandes three years ago, after placing an advert on the internet.
It was, he told the court in Kassel, the realisation of a dream he had nurtured ever since having schoolboy fantasies about consuming his classmates.
Despite this, psychologists said he was mentally fit to stand trial.
His victim, also in his 40s, bought a one-way ticket to the defendant's home village and spent an evening with him, before volunteering to be killed.
The court also saw a grisly home video of Brandes being stabbed to death.
A German court has convicted self-confessed cannibal Armin Meiwes of manslaughter and sentenced him to eight years and six months in prison.
Meiwes, 42, admitted killing and eating Bernd Juergen Brandes after sex and hours of sado-masochism but insisted his victim had volunteered.
The well-spoken computer technician killed and ate Brandes three years ago, after placing an advert on the internet.
It was, he told the court in Kassel, the realisation of a dream he had nurtured ever since having schoolboy fantasies about consuming his classmates.
Despite this, psychologists said he was mentally fit to stand trial.
His victim, also in his 40s, bought a one-way ticket to the defendant's home village and spent an evening with him, before volunteering to be killed.
The court also saw a grisly home video of Brandes being stabbed to death.