Judge Volker Muetze said Meiwes’ twisted fantasy was “viewed with repulsion in our civilized society.” But he added that “seen legally, this is manslaughter - killing a person without being a murderer.” The court rejected the prosecution’s argument that the 42-year-old defendant murdered Brandes for “sexual gratification.” The victim, Bernd Brandes, consented to be killed and cannibalized in March 2001. The verdict against Armin Meiwes underscored the legal complexity that unfolded during the two-month trial in the town of Kassel. In a case that has tested Germany’s legal system and horrified the public, a computer technician was found guilty of manslaughter Friday and sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison for killing and eating a man he met in an Internet chat room.
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