Gay Cannibal Sentenced After Eating a Guy He Met on Internet
German court retries man in cannibal case
Gay.com U.K.
Friday, January 13, 2006 / 10:07 AM
SUMMARY: The cannibal who ate a lover he met on the Internet was back in court Thursday, after his original sentence of eight years was deemed too lenient.
The cannibal who ate a lover he met on the Internet was back in court Thursday in a retrial, after his original sentence of eight years was deemed too lenient.
German man Armin Meiwes, 44, was sentenced in 2004 after a grisly trial that had grabbed headlines around the world.
He admitted advertising for a lover that would allow him to kill and eat him as part of a sexual game, then following through the fantasy with Bernd Jurgen Brandes, 42. However, he argued against a murder charge, saying that Brandes was a willing participant who gained his own sexual gratification by being killed.
The original court ruled against murder, since it could not prove that Brandes was not a willing participant in the act. It was shown a video that detailed the whole process, including how Meiwes cut off Brandes' penis and ate it while his victim was still alive.
He also stored body parts in his freezer before consuming them over the course of a few months.
The appeals court in Germany says that Meiwes should be in jail for murder, claiming he had killed purely for sexual gratification and had duped the courts.
Prosecutors told the retrial Thursday in its opening session that Meiwes should be imprisoned for life.
The accused is expected to reject the claims and maintain that he was only conducting something similar to euthanasia, press reports suggest.
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Readers may recall we had our very own gay cannibal here in the USA several years ago in the persona of Jeff Dahmer late, of Milwaukee, WI fame. Mr. Dahmer used to commute back and forth between Milwaukee and Chicago, where he came to select from the 'buffet' at the various gay bars along north Halstead Street, and the 'take out' menu. He would then take his meal home to Milwaukee and enjoy it there. He got away with this atrocious behavior for a couple years and even though the neighbors in Milwaukee called police on him a few times, they (the neighbors) were told to shut up and mind their own business. It seems Milwaukee police were too busy raiding the gay bars and hassling the gay men and women of their town to get involved with someone actually killing and eating the gay guys. A woman who called police several times to report that Dahmer had picked up a teenage boy and taken him to his home, drugged the boy and was setting about preparing his dinner was told by police if she called any further on the topic she would wind up getting arrested instead.
When Milwaukee Police finally responded to the commotions and found this young boy naked and in handcuffs, they accepted Dahmer's bullshit line about it being just a 'lovers quarrel' and were about to release the boy back into Dahmer's custody when one of the officers smelled a funny odor around the apartment and went to investigate. In the bedroom he found a hundred gallon drum filled with body parts, and in the kitchen next to it, in the refrigerator three or four human heads and human penises. The police officer understandably opened the back door, went on the back porch and vomited.
And, the really sad part, back in Chicago no one had even reported the half dozen or so guys Dahmer had eaten over the past two years missing. No one thought that at all strange, or if they did, they knew good and well police would ignore them. I think a mother or father of one of the young gay guys who showed up missing (and unknown to anyone killed and eaten) did complain to police who chose to humor and ignore them as often as not. But, its the police for you. What would you expect?
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Friday, January 13, 2006 / 10:07 AM
SUMMARY: The cannibal who ate a lover he met on the Internet was back in court Thursday, after his original sentence of eight years was deemed too lenient.
The cannibal who ate a lover he met on the Internet was back in court Thursday in a retrial, after his original sentence of eight years was deemed too lenient.
German man Armin Meiwes, 44, was sentenced in 2004 after a grisly trial that had grabbed headlines around the world.
He admitted advertising for a lover that would allow him to kill and eat him as part of a sexual game, then following through the fantasy with Bernd Jurgen Brandes, 42. However, he argued against a murder charge, saying that Brandes was a willing participant who gained his own sexual gratification by being killed.
The original court ruled against murder, since it could not prove that Brandes was not a willing participant in the act. It was shown a video that detailed the whole process, including how Meiwes cut off Brandes' penis and ate it while his victim was still alive.
He also stored body parts in his freezer before consuming them over the course of a few months.
The appeals court in Germany says that Meiwes should be in jail for murder, claiming he had killed purely for sexual gratification and had duped the courts.
Prosecutors told the retrial Thursday in its opening session that Meiwes should be imprisoned for life.
The accused is expected to reject the claims and maintain that he was only conducting something similar to euthanasia, press reports suggest.
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For more information go to:
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Readers may recall we had our very own gay cannibal here in the USA several years ago in the persona of Jeff Dahmer late, of Milwaukee, WI fame. Mr. Dahmer used to commute back and forth between Milwaukee and Chicago, where he came to select from the 'buffet' at the various gay bars along north Halstead Street, and the 'take out' menu. He would then take his meal home to Milwaukee and enjoy it there. He got away with this atrocious behavior for a couple years and even though the neighbors in Milwaukee called police on him a few times, they (the neighbors) were told to shut up and mind their own business. It seems Milwaukee police were too busy raiding the gay bars and hassling the gay men and women of their town to get involved with someone actually killing and eating the gay guys. A woman who called police several times to report that Dahmer had picked up a teenage boy and taken him to his home, drugged the boy and was setting about preparing his dinner was told by police if she called any further on the topic she would wind up getting arrested instead.
When Milwaukee Police finally responded to the commotions and found this young boy naked and in handcuffs, they accepted Dahmer's bullshit line about it being just a 'lovers quarrel' and were about to release the boy back into Dahmer's custody when one of the officers smelled a funny odor around the apartment and went to investigate. In the bedroom he found a hundred gallon drum filled with body parts, and in the kitchen next to it, in the refrigerator three or four human heads and human penises. The police officer understandably opened the back door, went on the back porch and vomited.
And, the really sad part, back in Chicago no one had even reported the half dozen or so guys Dahmer had eaten over the past two years missing. No one thought that at all strange, or if they did, they knew good and well police would ignore them. I think a mother or father of one of the young gay guys who showed up missing (and unknown to anyone killed and eaten) did complain to police who chose to humor and ignore them as often as not. But, its the police for you. What would you expect?
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