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Good News For All You Cannibals German cannibal tells of fantasy
A man accused of killing, dissecting and eating another man has gone on trial in central Germany. The court heard how horror films had fuelled Armin Meiwes' childhood fantasies of eating school friends. The 41-year-old computer technician is charged with murder, even though the victim allegedly volunteered for his fate by replying to an internet advert. The gruesome incident was all captured on camcorder and the footage is expected to form part of the evidence. "I had the fantasy, and in the end I fulfilled it," he said. The fantasy first developed between the ages of eight and 12, he added. Mr Meiwes spoke of how he felt ignored by his father, and longed for a good-looking younger brother - whom he would bind to himself forever by consuming. Internet link It is Germany's first cannibalism case, and the world's media have gathered in Kassel to watch the proceedings. Television images showed Mr Meiwes - wearing a jacket and a tie - smiling and talking light-heartedly to his lawyer moments before the trial began. It was the first time that the self-confessed cannibal had been seen in public since his arrest. The grisly details of the case caused a sensation in the German media when Mr Meiwes was arrested in December, 2002. In a recent newspaper interview he admitted that he had killed and then partly eaten his victim. Mr Meiwes advertised on the internet for a well-built male prepared to be slaughtered and then consumed. "Slim and blond, that would have been the type", he told the court. The victim, 43-year-old Bernd-Jurgen Brandes, answered the advert in March 2001. Mr Meiwes told investigators he took Mr Brandes back to his home in Rotenburg, where Mr Brandes agreed to have his penis cut off, which Mr Meiwes then flambéed and served up to eat together. Prosecutors say Mr Meiwes then stabbed the victim repeatedly in the neck and dissected the corpse. Shock value Legally it is a tricky case, says the BBC's correspondent in Berlin, Ray Furlong. Cannibalism is not a recognised offence under German law and the defence will argue that, since the victim volunteered, this was no murder. If the court accepts the defence argument, Mr Meiwes can expect a jail term of up to five years. But the prosecution will push for a life sentence on the basis that Mr Meiwes is simply too dangerous ever to be released. Meanwhile, Germans will continue to be treated to a media frenzy that plays on the story's unrivalled shock value. And among the "highlights" will be the two-hour video that Mr Meiwes took of the whole incident on his camcorder, our correspondent says. "The public probably won't be excluded from this part of proceedings; we have a tradition of open trials," says legal expert Felix Hardenberg. "But the panel of judges will show only the relevant parts: what the victim is saying and doing before and during the killing." Mr Meiwes has said that after his trial he intends to pass the time in jail - if convicted - by writing his memoirs. The court will hear 38 witnesses and 14 sessions are scheduled in the trial, which is scheduled to end in late January. The case only came to light when an Austrian student spotted another advertisement placed by Mr Meiwes on the internet and alerted police. | |
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What's the good news? He didn't save me any!  | |
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sinisterpentatonic said: What's the good news? He didn't save me any!
yes he did... 
btw, the "good news" was highlighted in RED  | |
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Germans love their meat don't they? BTW WAY I"M HALF GERMAN.  I should move there.  | |
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I am half german too...  The day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom - Anais Nin
"Unnecessary giggling"...  | |
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Did they originally meet on the .org by any chance??? | |
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Yeah, this has been all over the news in Europe. This is a pretty crazy story, but I love it. But it's not Germany's first cannibal case, as it says in this article.
I wonder if he got any other responses to his ad though?  I mean, serious responses. Or was this guy the only one? I mean, there are whole websites dedicated to cannibals, or wanna-be cannibals. I wonder if the victim started having second thoughts about his decision when he was getting his penis cut off?  Now I want to see the video.
I can't believe that there is a chance that he would only get 5 years for it though. Hope he gets life because he obviously should not be mixing with "normal" society. "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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cannibal sounds like hannibal and he ate people too.. 
coinkidink  
if you can't handle the dope then  and quitchya bitchin...... | |
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