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By Bernhard Winkler

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German cannibal who killed a man who wanted to be eaten told a court Monday that he had only been carrying out his victim's wishes and had not expressly sought to kill him.
"I wanted to eat him, but I didn't want to kill him," Armin Meiwes, 44, told judges in three hours of testimony at his retrial.

Meiwes was sentenced in January 2004 to 8-1/2 years for manslaughter, but the Supreme Court ruled last April that the judges had been too lenient and ordered a retrial.
He had admitted killing Berlin-based computer specialist Bernd-Juergen Brandes, 43, but was spared a murder conviction and a possible life sentence because the victim had demanded to be eaten.
Meiwes told the court, repeating much of his testimony from his first trial, that he had severed Brandes's penis at his request and that both had tried to eat it, without success.
Brandes steadily lost more blood and finally dropped unconscious, at which point Meiwes said he decided to pray.

"I didn't know whether I should pray to the devil or to God," said Meiwes, who appeared relaxed and eager to tell his version of events.

Believing his victim to be dead, he said, he plunged a knife into his neck. Only when he later saw his videotape of the crime did he realize that Brandes had still been faintly breathing.
Meiwes's legal team has argued the defendant merely acceded to Brandes's wishes and that his crime was only "killing on request," a form of illegal euthanasia that carries a maximum five-year sentence.
Prosecutors, hoping to secure a murder conviction, need to show that Meiwes killed Brandes not only because the latter had wanted to be eaten, but also due to a base desire of his own.
Germany's top criminal court said the first trial court had ignored the fact that Meiwes had filmed the slaying for later sexual gratification.


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AcuraFanatic

I guess this is the only time ever my "Imagine if a homeless guy" line wouldn't work.

Misa

needs a not safe for stomach warning :barf:

M@rshy

I remember this at the first trial... Weird...

You have an incredibly weak stomach..

Tark

"Meiwes told the court, repeating much of his testimony from his first trial, that he had severed Brandes's penis at his request and that both had tried to eat it, without success"
"Germany's top criminal court said the first trial court had ignored the fact that Meiwes had filmed the slaying for later sexual gratification"

Dude WTF! i didnt think people this disturbed existed for real!?!

97civicEXVTEC

im hungry

mayonaise

i wonder why they were unsuccessful at eating the guy's penis :thinking:

Misa

i was eating when i read the thread

then i lost my appetite h:

Tark

they dont have you knowledge on the subject h:



















Kidding...

eonsx311

they do exist and canada is freaking out.. read here http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx...ticleid=244632
Cliffs: "Suddenly, Canadians were confronted with the horror that serial killers are among them."