![]() Then Meiwes stabbed him, carved up the body, ate some of the flesh, stored some more in a deep-freeze for later consumption and buried bones and a skull in his garden. He has said he made contact with his victim, Bernd Juergen Brandes, on the internet after advertising for someone willing to be killed and eaten.īrandes travelled to his house in Rotenburg, near Kassel, where Meiwes cut off his penis, which they partially ate together. Meiwes, who has admitted his actions to investigators and in interviews in newspapers, says he regrets what he did. The case has gripped Germany in horrified fascination since it was revealed last year, about 16 months after the incident in March 2001. Prosecutors say that, despite his 43-year-old victim's apparent "death wish," Meiwes is guilty of murder for sexual satisfaction and therefore liable to life in prison.ĭefence lawyers argue that, at worst, he is guilty of "killing on demand," which would be punishable by up to five years in prison. Cannibalism is not itself a crime under German law. ![]()
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