Meiwes has told the court that following Brandes' death, he looked for further willing victims through internet ads and chatrooms. But his attorney argues that it was a form of mercy killing which would carry a maximum five year sentence. If convicted of murder, Meiwes could face life in prison. Prosecutors say the killing was sexually motivated and filed murder charges against Meiwes despite concluding that the killer had the victim's consent.
When his murder trial opened last month, Meiwes confessed in detail to the March 2001 killing of 43-year-old Bernd Juergen Brandes at his home.īrandes, who had travelled from Berlin after answering his advert, wanted to be stabbed to death after drinking a bottle of cold medicine to lose consciousness, Meiwes testified. Mr Stolpmann described Meiwes as a "calm and balanced" prisoner who enjoyed the publicity he was getting. He said Meiwes is fully fit to face trial - an assessment shared by other experts who have testified. There is no indication of mental illness." He said: "What we have here is an inability to have warm and tender feelings towards others. The German cannibal who confessed to killing a man and eating his flesh is incapable of showing "warm and tender feelings" towards other people, but is not mentally ill, a court heard.Īrmin Meiwes, 42, has a "schizoid personality" and difficulty in forming relationships, psychiatrist Georg Stolpmann told the state court in Kassel.
Police tracked down and arrested Meiwes after a student in Austria alerted them to an advertisement Meiwes had placed on the Internet seeking a man willing to be killed and eaten. Meiwes' lawyer argues that it was a form of mercy killing, which would carry a maximum five year sentence. Meiwes faces life in prison if convicted. Prosecutors say the killing was sexually motivated and filed murder charges, despite concluding that the killer had the victim's consent. Wilmer declined to comment on whether he believed Meiwes might reoffend. He told the court that he subsequently looked for further willing victims through Internet adverts and chat rooms. Meiwes went on trial in Kassel earlier this month and confessed in detail to the March 2001 killing of 43-year-old engineer Bernd Juergen Brandes at his home. He said said Meiwes needs psychotherapy, but did not need to be kept in a psychiatric institute. A German who confessed to killing a man and eating his flesh is in good mental health, but should be given psychotherapy, according to a prison psychiatrist who testified at his murder trial.Īrmin Meiwes, 42, lacks empathy and self-control but should be considered healthy, said Heinrich Wilmer.
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