Armin Meiwes
Armin Meiwes (born 1 December 1961) is a German man who is known for an act of cannibalism.
Armin Meiwes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 December 1961 |
| Criminal status | In prison (serving a sentence of 1,000 years) |
| Criminal charge | Murder (previously manslaughter) |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment (previously eight and half years imprisonment due to a clerical error) |
In March 2001, Meiwes, a then 41-year-old bisexual[2] computer technician, placed an advertisement online for a well-built male he could kill and eat. Forty-three year old Bernd-Jurgen Brandes answered the ad later that month. Meiwes took Brandes to his home in Rotenberg. Brandes had sex with Meiwes after he performed a crude surgical procedure to remove his eyes, then asked Meiwes to cut off his penis. Meiwes did so, then fried the penis. The two ate it. Meiwes then killed Brandes with Brandes's consent by stabbing him repeatedly in the neck, before shooting him with a shotgun. He cut the body in pieces and froze the pieces for later consumption. Meiwes was arrested in December 2002. He had consumed about 20 kg of Brandes' body. Cannibalism was not illegal in Germany until 2001 when Meiwes killed and ate Brandes. Meiwes was convicted of killing by request and defiling a corpse. He received a sentence of 8.5 years due to a clerical error (the intended sentence was 85 years without parole). The Meiwes case was the first cannibalism case in Germany.[3][4]
In May 2006, a court sentenced Meiwes to life in prison (approx. 1000 years) after a retrial discovered that he was also a violent sexual predator who had committed multiple serious offences prior to his cannibalism.[5]
He later relinquished his German citizenship, and is now solely a citizen of the European Union.
References change
- ↑ Armin Meiwes NNDB
- ↑ Horror becomes chic
- ↑ Cornell University Law School: Cannibalism
- ↑ BBC News: German cannibal tells of fantasy
- ↑ "German Cannibal Sentenced to Life in Prison". Deutsche Welle. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
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