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| German cannibal in talks over movie deal |
| 2003-12-13 |
| A German cannibal is in talks with several film companies on a movie deal about his grisly story, his defence lawyer said yesterday at his murder trial. Armin Meiwes, 42, has already begun writing his memoirs in jail. They will detail how he killed, carved up and ate a victim he says wanted to die, lawyer Harald Ermel said during a break in the trial. Ermel would not comment on reports that a deal of potentially millions of dollars (euros) was on offer. The lawyer said the dead man, a 43-year-old engineer, had a death wish and would have chosen someone else to kill and eat him if he had not found Meiwes via the Internet. Ermel said the victim, Bernd-Juergen Brandes, had been in touch with three potential killers in the United States. Meiwes, a computer technician, is charged with murder for the purposes of sexual satisfaction, which carries a life sentence. He is further accused of disturbing the peace of the dead by cutting up the corpse. He admits killing Brandes and eating at least 20kg of his flesh, but his defence says he is guilty at worst of âkilling on demand,â which carries a maximum jail sentence of five years. Cannibalism itself is not a crime in Germany. Earlier this week the court in Kassel, central Germany, sat behind closed doors to watch three 90-minute videos which Meiwes took of his actions, again apparently with the victimâs consent, during March 10, 2001. âI felt like I was in a pathology lab,â a court official said yesterday. She said everyone had been forced to look away at some point because of the grisly nature of the videos, except Meiwes who often grinned. âFor him itâs normal,â she added. Meanwhile a forensic scientist testified in court yesterday that Meiwes knew Brandes was still alive, despite bleeding badly after his penis had been cut off, when he began to dissect him. Manfred Risse said that if medical help had been sought, Brandes could have survived. Risse said the victim was suffering the effects of a combination of alcohol and medication. The court was told earlier that he downed anti-cold medicine, sleeping tablets and whisky on the day of his death. |
| Posted by:TS |
| #4 TGA, I feel your pain as I try to avoid media stories concerning the "Gloved One." |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-12-13 8:03:31 PM |
| #3 Can we make this a cannibal-free zone, please? I have to read about this shit in the German papers every day and I prefer to keep my appetite. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2003-12-13 7:32:42 PM |
| #2 I believe it's spelled 'canape', Steve. { ;^) |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2003-12-13 6:29:14 PM |
| #1 ... he dead man, a 43-year-old engineer, had a death wish and would have chosen someone else to kill and eat him if he had not found Meiwes via the Internet. "He wuz askin' for it, the brazen canope!" |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-12-13 5:15:30 PM |