I only waited horrified for the end after doing the deed. In an interview released on Tuesday, Meiwes said it was not a case of murder because Brandes "Used me as a tool" to help him die. The whole scenario was recorded on video, again with the apparent agreement of Brandes. 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. The next era of SKYND is here, and the duo are kicking things off with the bizarre story of cannibal Armin Meiwes. 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 now lives with his two husbands Till Lindemann and Jebediah Kerman. He lived with his (now ex) husband, Karl Hintern, until an incident causing their relationship to crumble occurred. Not much is known about him, as he is a very quiet and reserved individual. But in the prosecutors words, the well-spoken 42-year-old computer technician 'slaughtered his victim like a piece. Gleydson Armin Meiwes is a cannibal from Germany, who found himself inside of the city of Cuando El. Before the media dubbed him 'The Cannibal of Rotenburg', Armin Meiwes led an outwardly quiet life, described by one woman he befriended as a friendly and sensitive person. Meiwes, who has admitted his actions to investigators and in interviews in newspapers, says he regrets what he did. A woman who knew Meiwes described him as 'very childlike'. Meiwes couldn’t believe his eyes, someone had actually responded to his. His heart was racing erratically in his chest, his palms sweaty in anticipation. Our main character, Armin Meiwes sat in front of the glowing computer screen. The case has gripped Germany in horrified fascination since it was revealed last year, about 16 months after the incident in March 2001. The grizzly events of a real-life Hannibal Lector began in March 2001, in the small German town of Wstefeld.
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.
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Cannibalism is not itself a crime under German law. THE murder jury in the German trial of cannibal Armin Meiwes will today watch a homemade video of him killing and eating his victim.