Meiwes is also accused of disturbing the peace of the dead for carving up the corpse.Ĭannibalism itself is technically not a crime in Germany. Crazy true story about cannibal Armins Meiwes and his willing victim, who was a masochist. Both men were well respected middle aged computer engineers. The computer technician is accused of murder for sexual satisfaction, with prosecutors saying that although Brandes seemed willing, Meiwes exploited his disturbed state of mind to satisfy his own lust. Crazy true story about cannibal Armins Meiwes and his willing victim, who was a masochist. Investigators found Meiwes had been in Internet contact with more than 200 people who shared his fantasies and he claimed in court there were thousands more like him.Īt least five other people also saying they were willing to be killed and eaten went to his house in Rotenburg, near Kassel, but either backed down or were rejected as not good enough. Meiwes has admitted slaying and carving up Bernd Juergen Brandes after sex and hours of sado-masochism which included frying the man's amputated penis, but insists it was all consensual.Īmong the evidence examined by the court in the central city of Kassel has been hours of video footage taken of the events of March 10, 2001.Īs well as gripping the country with the power of its graphic detail, the case has also turned an uncomfortable spotlight on a hitherto unacknowledged world of cannibalism and extreme fetishism. Mr Ermel advised those planning similar forays into the world of cannibalism to ensure both parties draw up a contract before the act takes place.A German court is due to pass its verdict on a self-confessed cannibal who killed and ate a man he claims was a willing victim, in a macabre case that has fascinated and appalled the country.Īrmin Meiwes, 42, faces a life sentence if convicted of the murder of the other man, who had responded to his advertisement on the Internet for someone prepared to be consumed. Harald Ermel has said that murder "always happens against somebody's will". Meiwes's post stated that he was 'looking for a well-built 18 to 30-year-old to be slaughtered and then consumed'.Bernd Jrgen Brandes then answered the advertisement. There were fears that should the court punish Mr Meiwes lightly they would unwittingly encourage real cannibals.īut Mr Meiwes's defence lawyer argued that is his client was put away for life, the true horror of murder will be belittled. Looking for a willing victim, Meiwes posted an advertisement at a website, The Cannibal Cafe, whose disclaimer mentions the distinction between reality and fantasy. While Mr Meiwes received dozens of responses to his postings, he is believed to have only met four other men beside Mr Brandes, none of whom went through with the act. Messages which request people for slaughter are often written off as jokes by other participants, many of whom are keen to stress that their interest in cannibalism is only a fantasy.
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The kind of internet message boards where Mr Meiwes placed his own request still exist, but the real cannibals on these sites appear to be hard to find. Armin Meiwes, 44, was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison in 2004 after being found guilty of the manslaughter of. A German man who killed and ate an apparently willing victim has been sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty of murder. German experts say that while there may be hundreds of people with "cannibalistic tendencies" in Germany, only a tiny proportion of those would be willing to see their fantasies through to their fatal conclusion as Mr Brandes apparently did. German cannibal guilty of murder Meiwes says he froze body parts and then ate them. Mr Brandes' boyfriend told the court that Mr Brandes, with whom he said he enjoyed a normal sex life, had no apparent desire to die.
The prosecution has conceded that Mr Brandes was an apparently willing victim.īut they insisted he was not of a sound mind when he accepted the offer, and moreover, they alleged, Mr Meiwes was aware of this. London-based hotel worker Dirk Moller - one of dozens who allegedly replied to Mr Meiwes' adverts - was called to testify that he had even got as far as being chained to the bed and marked out for butchery before changing his mind and being released. This macabre drama is a reenactment of the true story of Armin Meiwes, who was convicted of killing and eating his voluntary victim, Bernd-Jürgen Brandes.
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The defence team had sought to prove to the court that not one of the men who met the cannibal was made to go through with anything they were uncertain about. The technically inclined cannibal places a cyberspace advertisement for a willing victim, and his marketing efforts pay off when the gruesome madman receives a reply from eager prey.