Later, despite the defendant''s insistence his victim was already dead. Meiwes said Brandes asked him first to sever his penis, which both men unsuccessfully tried to eat.Ī doctor also testified in the first trial that the video of the crime showed Brandes was still alive when Meiwes stabbed him in the throat hours Meiwes said Brandes, who had travelled from Berlin after answering his Internet posting under the pseudonym "Franky" seeking a young man for "slaughter and consumption," wanted to be stabbed to death after drinking a bottle of cold medicine to lose consciousness. Sufficient consideration to the sexual motive behind the killing.Īt the retrial, Meiwes renewed a detailed confession, telling the court his version of the grisly details of the March 2001 killing of Bernd Juergenīrandes at Meiwes'' home in the central town of Rotenburg. In early 2004, a court in the city of Kassel convicted Meiwes of manslaughter and sentenced him to eight and a half years in prison, but prosecutorsįederal judges overturned the original ruling last year and ordered a retrial, arguing the lower court, in rejecting murder charges, failed to give The retrial of Meiwes opened in January - it was held after a federal appeals court overturned his initial manslaughter conviction to allow prosecutors to seek a tougher sentence. STILL of victim Bernd Juergen BrandesĪ man who admitted killing and eating an acquaintance he met on the Internet was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday, following his retrial in a case that engrossed and appalled Germany.Īrmin Meiwes, a 44-year-old computer technician, also was convicted of disturbing the peace of the dead.ĭressed in a gray suit, a despondent-looking Meiwes watched calmly as the verdict was read out. Exterior courthouse, media trucks outsideġ4. I think, if somebody agrees with someone to commit the offence, one can not judge this murder like in this case, but one has to grade."ġ2. I am still thinking that a prison sentence, temporarily restricted, would have been possible. "I am not satisfied with the verdict because I see no characteristics of murder here. SOUNDBITE: (German) Harald Ermel, fellow defence lawyer: The court assessed that the butchering of a human body for the purpose of subsequent consumption is a self-contained offence."ġ0. "The court found the accused guilty of murder under two aspects and confirmed the accusations of the prosecution to the full extent.
SOUNDBITE: (German) Marcus Koehler, prosecutor: Various of Armin Meiwes seated in courtroomĨ. Interior courthouse, Armin Meiwes entering court roomĦ.
Sign reading "Prosecution Frankfurt" in windowĤ.
Exterior prosecution building at district courtĢ.
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