Alleged German Cannibal Tells Victim was Willing

World | December 3, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00

A 42-year-old German accused of killing, dismembering and eating the flesh of another man admitted the charges as his murder trial began Wednesday, but said his victim had been willing. Armin Meiwes, a computer expert who lived in a half-timbered former manor in the town of Rotenburg, allegedly found his 43-year-old victim over the Internet and killed him after he traveled from Berlin to meet Meiwes in March 2001. Prosecutors say the killing was sexually motivated and filed murder charges, despite concluding that the killing had the victim's consent. Meiwes is accused of killing the engineer, identified by authorities only as Bernd Juergen B., by stabbing him in the throat.

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