Armin Meiwes
Armin Meiwes is a German former computer repair technician. He achieved international notoriety for killing and eating a voluntary victim in 2001. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to eight years and six months in prison. In a retrial in May 2006, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
About Armin Meiwes in brief
Armin Meiwes is a German former computer repair technician. He achieved international notoriety for killing and eating a voluntary victim in 2001, whom he had found via the Internet. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to eight years and six months in prison. In a retrial in May 2006, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Because of his acts, Iwes is also known as the Rotenburg Cannibal or Der Metzgermeister. He has since become a vegetarian and believes there are about 800 cannibals in Germany. His father abandoned Armin when he was eight, leaving him to be raised by his mother.
He also has two older half-brothers from his father’s previous relationship with another woman. He expressed regret for his actions and said he wants to write a biography with the aim of deterring anyone wanting to follow in his footsteps. Websites dedicated to meiwes started appearing after his 2002 arrest with people advertising for willing victims. In April 2005, a German court ruled that the original trial had disproaped the significance of the videotape of the crime.
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