Peta spokesman Juergen Faulmann said: "What this man did to a German computer expert is done to other creatures every day.
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The vegetarian starter kit was sent to Meiwes' prison cell in the town of Kassel, where the trial is taking place. Peta is hoping the mouth-watering recipes in the book and the hamper of vegetarian foods will persuade him to mend his ways. He has admitted killing and eating his victim, but denies it was murder. Meiwes is on trial for killing, dismembering and eating the flesh of another man.
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Germany's self-confessed cannibal killer Armin Meiwes has been sent a vegetarian cookbook and a Christmas hamper full of veggie burgers and tofu.Īnimals rights group Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is behind the stunt and says it would be a major coup if it could convert Meiwes to vegetarianism. Meiwes's lawyer argues that the death was instead a form of mercy killing - which would carry a maximum five-year sentence. Meiwes could face a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted. Prosecutors say the killing was sexually motivated and filed murder charges, despite concluding that the killing had the victim's consent. He said today he had been "disappointed" in some aspects, telling the court that "Bernd was not 36, as he claimed" and hadn't wanted to spend more time getting to know him.Īfter Meiwes finished testifying, the five-judge panel removed the public from the courtroom as it viewed excerpts from the tape. The defendant has said he stabbed Brandes the next morning, believing he was already dead, and recorded his act on a videotape. His victim, he testified, said he wanted to be stabbed to death after drinking a bottle of cold medicine to lose consciousness. Meiwes went on trial last Wednesday, offering a detailed confession. He testified that he had e-mail contact with a person using the pseudonym "Albineu" who had volunteered. He made the enquiries after the March 2001 killing of 43-year-old engineer Bernd Juergen Brandes at his home. 'I sought more volunteers to eat' says cannibalĪ German computer expert who has confessed to killing and eating a man he ate on the internet has told his murder trial he sought more volunteers.Īrmin Meiwes, 42, told the state court in Kassel he looked for willing victims through internet adverts and chat rooms.