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  Armin Meiwes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Armin Meiwes (born 1961) is a German cannibalistic Internet user who achieved international noteriety as the "Rotenburg Cannibal" or "Der Metzgermeister" (The Master Butcher) after arranging to meet, kill, and eat a man he met over the internet.
Meiwes apparently gave him large quantities of alcohol and pain killers, and then killed him in a room that he had installed in his house for this purpose.
Meiwes was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to eight and a half years in prison.
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 GMax - News: German cannibal's dad unaware of son's 'Hansel & Gretel' obsession   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Armin stayed with his mother when the elder Meiwes abandoned them in what he said was the result of long-standing domestic disputes.
The witness said Meiwes was firmly under the thumb of his mother who ordered him about the house "like a drill sergeant" and who chaperoned him on his rare dates with women and who even insisted on accompanying him on field exercises when he was in the military.
Meiwes was tracked down and arrested in December 2002 after police became aware of an advertisement he had placed on the Internet looking for volunteers willing to be killed and eaten.
www.gmax.co.za /look04/01/19-germany.html   (546 words)

  
 Courts Wont Release "Rohtenburg"
Meiwes was jailed for eight years in 2004 after he was found guilty of manslaughter for killing and partly eating a 43-year-old-man. The case was complicated because the victim allegedly consented to his gruesome fate after replying to an advert on the internet.
Armin Meiwes (born 1961 in Germany) is an Internet user who became known as the "Rotenburg Cannibal" or "Der Metzgermeister" (The Master Butcher).
Meiwes apparently gave him large quantities of alcohol and pain killers against his pain, and then slaughtered him in a slaughtering room that he had installed in his house for this purpose.
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Armin Meiwes, 44, was jailed for eight and a half years in January 2004 for manslaughter but was cleared of murder after the court heard the victim had been seeking "the ultimate kick" when he advertised himself on a cannibal website.
Armin Meiwes, convicted of manslaughter two years ago for killing and eating a man he met on the Internet, has sought a temporary injunction from courts in Germany and the United States against the release of Butterfly, a Grimm Love Story.
Meiwes, 44, was jailed for 8½ years in January, 2004, for manslaughter but was cleared of murder after the court heard the victim had been seeking "the ultimate kick" when he advertised himself on a cannibal website.
www.crimezzz.net /serialkiller_news/MEIWES_armin.php   (9693 words)

  
 Armin Meiwes :: Germany Culture :: Soccerphile
Meiwes was convicted only of manslaughter because cannibalism is not strictly speaking a crime in Germany, and because his victim had volunteered to be eaten after replying to an internet advert.
Meiwes was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to eight and half years in jail, but is facing a retrial for murder.
Meiwes is also likely to be found guilty of murder if it is decided that he killed Brandes to fulfil his own sexual desire rather than because of Brandes' own desire to be killed.
www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/wc2006/culture/armin-meiwes.html   (757 words)

  
 German Cannibal Trial Opens in Complexity | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 03.12.2003
Armin Meiwes, the computer technician who killed and ate a willing victim he met over the Internet, stands accused of "murder for sexual satisfaction," a charge brought against him because cannibalism is not technically illegal under German law.
The alternative is for Meiwes to be tried for manslaughter, a charge which carries a term of 15 years or considerably less, after which Meiwes would be free.
As Meiwes passed a psychiatric examination which found that he was not insane, they believe that his actions took advantage of the state of mind of Brandes and are therefore pushing for a charge of murder motivated by sexual urges to be applied.
www.dw-world.de /english/0,3367,1432_A_1048363,00.html   (854 words)

  
 NBC: Cannibal trial shocks Germany - World News - MSNBC.com
Armin Meiwes in a German court in December.
Meiwes, who has been described as a polite, helpful, but introverted man, confessed at the opening of his trial in December, to killing, slaughtering, and eating the flesh of a Berlin man, identified as Bernd Juergen Brandes, 41.
Meiwes later cut the body into pieces, deposited the parts in a freezer, and ate portions of the human flesh in the weeks and months after the March 2001 killing.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4039034   (1142 words)

  
 'Gentleman' cannibal poses legal dilemma - www.smh.com.au
Armin Meiwes, the German computer expert who gained worldwide notoriety by killing and eating a willing victim, was due to stand trial yesterday in a case of sexually inspired cannibalism so perplexing it could make legal history.
Meiwes, 42, described by his lawyer as a "gentleman of the old school", has confessed to killing a Berlin man who answered an advertisement he had posted on the internet seeking a fit man "for slaughter".
Meiwes killed the man, named only as Bernd-Juergen B, with a kitchen knife and filmed the deed on video tape which may be shown at the trial.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/12/03/1070351649828.html?from=storyrhs   (673 words)

  
 CNN.com - Prosecutors plan cannibal appeal - Jan. 30, 2004
Meiwes' video of the killing, in March 2001, persuaded even prosecutors to concede the death was voluntary.
Meiwes then told how they waited for hours until the victim, weakened by loss of blood from his wound, fell unconscious.
Meiwes says he is writing a book on how he came to live his ultimate fantasy.
www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/01/30/germany.cannibal   (659 words)

  
 Secret world of the suburban cannibal - www.theage.com.au
Armin Meiwes is currently on trial in Germany for killing and eating 43-year-old engineer Bernd-Jurgen Brandes.
Armin Meiwes used to be a nondescript, polite, middle-aged, even sensitive German computer nerd, or so his friends and neighbours say, but now the world knows him as the Rotenburg Cannibal or the Hesse Hannibal.
It is tempting to think of Meiwes as a total aberration, a throwback to the kind of savage society fiercely debated by anthropologists in academic texts on the Aztecs (who had a taste for eating their enemies) or Australian Aborigines (a colonial myth perpetuated for political reasons, argues respected Australian researcher Michael Pickering).
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/01/14/1073877901829.html   (1723 words)

  
 Photos Videos News on Armin Meiwes the Homosexual Sex Cannibal (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Kannibale Armin Meiwes for eight one half year in detention Friday 30 January, 2004 09:54 CET Kassel (Reuters) - in Kassel the accused Kannibale Armin Meiwes must for eight years and six months in the prison.
Afterwards Meiwes divided the corpse and up-ate the meat to a large extent.
Armin Meiwes told police that both he and his victim shared cannibalistic tendencies.
www.arminm.com.cob-web.org:8888   (5197 words)

  
 kutv.com - German Cannibal Jailed For Life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Armin Meiwes' lawyers had argued that the court should instead convict him of the lesser offense of "killing on demand,'' on the grounds that he was only following his victim's wishes.
Meiwes said Brandes — who had traveled 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.
Meiwes has scored one legal victory, securing a ban by another court on the screening of a film that was inspired by his case.
kutv.com /national/local_story_129141737.html   (598 words)

  
 The German “Hannabal Lector”, one Armin Meiwes, was convictedthis month only of manslaughter and given less than ...
Meiwes was convicted of murder, and sentenced to “life” in prison.
Armin Meiwes, the infamous torture-killer cannibal (see story below), who was given a short prison term for a torture murder mislabeled as manslaughter, is now being retried after a German appellate court agreed with the prosecution’s argument that the evidence supported the greater offence.
Most news junkies already know about the German cannibal, Armin Meiwes, convicted this month of manslaughter and given less than eight years by a German Judge for a premeditated torture murder in which the victim was actually conscious and videotaped for part of the butchery and cooking.
www.jaygaskill.com /tribgerman.htm   (983 words)

  
 RITRO.com - Real Insight Through Raw Opinion
Meiwes’ defense lawyers claim since the victim agreed to be killed and eaten, the sentence should be death per request, five years imprisonment.
Meiwes’ attorney has the film footage to back this latter statement up, since the victim 43-year-old Bernd Jürgen Brandes, a computer technician from Berlin, told the world on tape that he agreed to his own murder and Meiwes’ cannibalism.
Meiwes was placed under arrest after which he promptly admitted to the act and eating approximately 45 lbs.
www.ritro.com /sections/worldaffairs/story.bv?storyid=0000000002226   (754 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Europe | Profile: Cannibal Armin Meiwes
Meiwes grew up with his mother in a large house in the German town near Kassel.
At the start of his trial in December 2003, Meiwes said his motive for killing and eating his victim, Bernd Juergen Brandes, was born from a desire for this younger brother he never had - "someone to be part of me".
Meiwes insisted throughout the trial that the death had been part of a mutual pact rooted in sado-masochistic homosexual fantasy.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3443803.stm   (414 words)

  
 Armin Meiwes - The Homosexual Internet Sex Cannibal
It found that Armin Meiwes' personal rights were infringed by the movie, and that outweighed the value of artistic freedom.
Armin Meiwes a man living near the central city of Kassel has confessed to murdering and eating a fellow homosexual who volunteered to be killed in one of the most bizarre ritual murders in Germany in many years.
Background:  Meiwes had to have confessed, on 10 March  2001 the citizen of Berlin engeneering graduate Bernd Juergen B. on its desire to have killed and from its meat eat.
www.4law.co.il /cann1c.htm   (2034 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Confessed cannibal convicted of manslaughter, not murder; gets 8 1/2 years   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Armin Meiwes was spared a life sentence because he was driven not by "unchecked sexual needs," as prosecutors alleged, but rather "the fulfillment of his fantasy," Presiding Judge Volker Muetze ruled.
Meiwes, 42, chatted calmly with his attorney and grinned for cameras before the verdict was announced.
Several experts have testified that Meiwes was fit to stand trial and was not mentally ill. Under German law, this precludes authorities from forcing him to seek counseling.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-01-30-cannible_x.htm   (725 words)

  
 Armin Meiwes (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
'''Armin Meiwes''' (born 1961) is an Internet user who became known as "Der Metzgermeister (The Master Butcher)" in 2003.
Meiwes made an arrangement over the Internet with Bernd Jürgen Armando Brandes to kill and eat him; the deed was carried out in March 2001, at Meiwes' place, with Brandes' penis being severed before he was killed and later partly eaten.
Meiwes was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 8 and a half years in prison in 2004; the case attracted considerable media attention and also led to a debate over whether Meiwes could be convicted at all given that Brandes had voluntarily and knowingly participated in the act.
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 BBC NEWS | Europe | German cannibal tells of fantasy
The grisly details of the case caused a sensation in the German media when Mr Meiwes was arrested in December, 2002.
Mr Meiwes advertised on the internet for a well-built male prepared to be slaughtered and then consumed.
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.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3286721.stm   (625 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | German internet cannibal begins murder trial
Armin Meiwes, a 42-year-old computer technician, admits stabbing Bernd-Jurgen Brandes, 43, to death and partially eating him at his home in Rothenburg, Germany.
Meiwes is alleged to have advertised on the internet for a well-built male prepared to be slaughtered and then consumed.
Police arrested Meiwes in December last year after a student in Austria reported seeing the advertisement he had placed on the internet seeking a man willing to be killed and eaten.
www.guardian.co.uk /germany/article/0,2763,1098905,00.html   (334 words)

  
 EVOLUTIONARY ASTROLOGY - Armin Meiwes to be fed to prison's inmates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Armin Meiwes to be fed to prison's inmates
Armin Meiwes, 44, was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison in 2004 after being found guilty of the manslaughter of Bernd Juergen Brandes.
Meiwes later stabbed and killed Brandes, before cutting him to pieces and freezing parts of his body, some of which he later ate.
www.mauricefernandez.com /forum_eng/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5984   (1067 words)

  
 CNN.com - Alleged cannibal tried for murder - Dec. 3, 2003
Armin Meiwes, whose trial started on Wednesday, is charged with murder as no crime of cannibalism exists in Germany.
Dressed in a dark suit, Meiwes -- from Rotenburg-an-der-fuld, in central Germany -- appeared relaxed as he sat next to his lawyer at the Kassel state court.
Meiwes admitted to killing the victim and said there was "hundreds, thousands" of people who wanted to eat humans or be eaten.
www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/12/03/germany.cannibal.trial/index.html   (450 words)

  
 CNN.com - Germany's cannibalism-by-consent case: Possible human-rights claims - Jan. 13, 2004 (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Meiwes, a German citizen, has freely admitted to dismembering another German man and eating his flesh.
Indeed, Meiwes carefully preserved the killing on videotape and still had pieces of the body in his freezer when he was arrested.
It is not as if Meiwes were being indicted for obscure tax offenses; rather, he killed, dismembered, and consumed another human being.
www.cnn.com.cob-web.org:8888 /2004/LAW/01/13/findlaw.analysis.leavitt.cannibalism/index.html   (1528 words)

  
 franky the master butcher;loves american zombie movies and “flipper”
Armin Meiwes, also known as the Rotenburg cannibal also known on the Internet as Franky the Master Butcher, apparently got his fetish for cannibalism from of all places American television, more specifically "Flipper" even more specifically Flipper's human friend "Sandy".
Meiwes took Brandes to the attic where he had a specially designed "slaughter chamber" waiting for him.
It took Brandes 10 hours to bleed to death in Meiwes' slaughter chamber from his wounds and the whole time he was dying he kept encouraging Meiwes to continue slicing him up and eating him.
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 Cannibal Armin Meiwes
But although Meiwes was sensationally found not guilty of murder on Friday—as the victim was a consenting participant—our exclusive pictures reveal the isolated house on the hill still reeks of evil.
Meiwes whiled away the time reading a Star Trek adventure and finished off the job at 4.15am by hauling his guest to the slaughter room and stabbing him in the throat.
Meiwes recalled: "He said he was being eaten at a Russian Orthodox feast.
www.francesfarmersrevenge.com /stuff/serialkillers/meiwes.htm   (1423 words)

  
 Life sentence for German cannibal - World News - MSNBC.com
Self-confessed cannibal Armin Meiwes awaits the verdict in his retrial for murder on Tuesday in  Frankfurt, Germany.
Armin Meiwes, a 44-year-old computer technician, also was convicted of disturbing the peace of the dead.
At the retrial, Meiwes renewed a detailed confession, telling the court his version of the grisly details of the March 2001 killing of Bernd Juergen Brandes at Meiwes’ home in the central town of Rotenburg.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/11909486   (520 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Victim of cannibal agreed to be eaten
Behind bars, Meiwes told detectives that he had consumed his victim with a bottle of South African red wine, had got out his best cutlery and decorated his dinner table with candles.
Yesterday Meiwes told the court that he had felt lonely and neglected as a child after his father walked out on the family.
The cannibal's defence team, however, say that Meiwes is guilty at worst of 'killing on demand', which is punishable by five years in jail.
www.guardian.co.uk /germany/article/0,2763,1099477,00.html   (780 words)

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