Editing Armin Meiwes

|alias = The Rotenburg Cannibal<br>''Der Metzgermeister''<br>The Master Butcher

|hobby = Killing and eating people.|skills = Cooking}}{{Quote|I killed a man. Slaughtered him, ate him. Since then, he is always with me.|Armin Meiwes}}

'''Armin Meiwes''' (December 1^st, 1961 - ) is a German man who achieved international notoriety for killing and eating a voluntary victim whom he had found via the Internet.<ref>[https://allthatsinteresting.com/armin-meiwes Meet Armin Meiwes, The German Cannibal Who Placed An Online Ad To Eat Someone — And Someone Answered], ''All That's Interesting''</ref> Because of his acts, Meiwes is also known as '''the Rotenburg Cannibal''' or '''''Der Metzgermeister''''' ("The Master Butcher"). His main occupation was working as a computer repair technician.

==Killing and cannibalism==

Looking for a willing volunteer, Meiwes posted an advertisement on the website The Cannibal Cafe, whose disclaimer mentions the distinction between reality and fantasy. Meiwes's post stated that he was "looking for a well-built 18- to 30-year-old to be slaughtered and then consumed" Bernd Jürgen Brandes, an engineer from Berlin, then answered the advertisement<ref name = brandes>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/04/germany.lukeharding Victim of cannibal agreed to be eaten], ''The Guardian''</ref>. Many other people responded to the advertisement, but backed out.

The two made a videotape<ref name = video>[https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/cannibals-video-victims-final-hours-played-court-2510676 Cannibal's video of 'victim's' final hours played to court], ''The Scotsman''</ref> when they met on 9 March 2001 in Meiwes' home, in the small town of Rotenburg, showcasing Meiwes amputating Brandes' penis (with his agreement) and the two men attempting to eat it together<ref name = brandes></ref>. Brandes initially insisted that Meiwes attempt to bite his penis off. This did not work, and ultimately, Meiwes used a knife to remove Brandes' appendage. Brandes apparently tried to eat some of his own penis raw but could not, because it was too tough and, as he put it, "chewy".

 

 

==Arrest, trial, and conviction of manslaughter==

On January 30^th, 2004, Meiwes was convicted of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manslaughter manslaughter] and sentenced to eight years in prison.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jan-31-fg-cannibal31-story.html German Cannibal Gets 8 1/2-Year Sentence for Manslaughter], ''The Los Angeles Times''</ref> The case attracted considerable media attention and led to a debate over whether Meiwes could be convicted at all, given that Bernd Jürgen Brandes had voluntarily and knowingly participated in the act.

 

 

In April 2005, a German court ordered a retrial after prosecutors appealed Meiwes's sentence, arguing that he should have been convicted of murder because he killed for sexual gratification, a motive proved by his having videotaped the crime. The court ruled that the original trial had ignored the significance of the video in disproving the argument that Meiwes only killed because he had been asked to kill.

At his retrial, a psychologist stated that Meiwes could reoffend, as he "still had fantasies about devouring the flesh of young people." On 10 May 2006, a court in Frankfurt convicted Meiwes of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/09/ukcrime.world Cannibal killer gets life sentence], ''The Guardian''</ref>

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