CANNIBAL COMPUTER MAN 'ATE PENIS'
Dec 3 2003
By Steve Purcell
A computer repairman who killed and ate a man he met over the internet went on trial for murder in Germany today.
Armin Miewes, 42, placed adverts on the internet seeking a man willing to be killed and eaten. Astonishingly he received more than 400 replies.
An engineer, identified only as Bernd Juergen B, responded, the court in Kassel, Germany, heard. He arrived at Miewes's home in the in the town of Rotenburg in March 2001, saying: "Now you can see my body. I hope you'll find me tasty," according to Miewes.
The court gasped as a video shot by Miewes was shown, describing in detail how he cut off the engineer's penis - at the victim's request - and cooked it in red wine before eating it.
"It was important to him that his member be cut off and that he witness it," said Meiwes. "It gave him pleasure."
Ten hours later, Miewes killed him with a knife and cut up the body.
He buried the innards of the corpse and kept the skull and plastic bags of flesh in his freezer. He ate about 20 kg (44 pounds) of the flesh, defrosting it bit by bit.
"With every piece of flesh I ate I remembered him," said Meiwes. "It was like taking communion."
He continued: "He told me he had had the desire since he was a child to be slaughtered and eaten. He was very intelligent and I didn't see any sign that he was disturbed."
Meiwes was charged with murder after a psychiatrist declared him fit to stand trial. Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence.
They acknowledge that the victim wanted to be killed but they believe he was incapable of rational thought.
Meiwes' lawyer has pleaded for him to be convicted of "killing on request", a form of illegal euthanasia which carries a far lower sentence of up to five years.
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