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Armin Meiwes


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  • Armin Meiwes was born 1 December 1961 in Germany.
  • He is a  former computer repair technician who achieved international notoriety for killing and eating a voluntary victim Bernd Brandes  in 2001, who he had found via the Internet. After Meiwes and the victim  attempted to eat the victim's severed penis, Meiwes killed his victim and then began  to eat a 20 kilograms of his flesh. 
  • He was arrested in December 2002. 
  • In January 2004, Meiwes was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to eight years and six months in prison. 
  • In a retrial in May 2006, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Because of his acts, Meiwes is also known as the Rotenburg Cannibal or Der Metzgermeister 


References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3439299/I-fried-piece-rump-steak-ate-sprouts-German-cannibal-ate-gay-lover-permission-describes-went-killing-eating-him.html
http://www.idipentent.co.uk
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/armin-meiwes-german-cannibal
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8310545/German-cannibal-ate-man-met-online-allowed-prison-day-trips.html
https://factslegend.org/30-interesting-cannibalism-facts/
Photographs and additional reading.
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Resources:
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/mentalhealth/Pages/contact-service.aspx#24-hour
https://www.beyondblue.org.au
https://www.betterhelp.com
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