- CANNIBAL LOOKING FOR WILLING VICTIM CRAIGSLIST A ARMIN MEIWES MOVIE
- CANNIBAL LOOKING FOR WILLING VICTIM CRAIGSLIST A ARMIN MEIWES TRIAL
CANNIBAL LOOKING FOR WILLING VICTIM CRAIGSLIST A ARMIN MEIWES MOVIE
Meiwes's lawyer Harald Ermel complains the film effectively portrays his client as a "beastly murderer," arguing the main actor could be Meiwes's twin brother and that the movie is a confusing blend of truth and fiction. Later, when the two meet at a railway station near Hartwin's half-timbered home, mirroring that of Meiwes, Grombek introduces himself with the line "I am your meat" a prelude to his slaughter.ĭirector Martin Weisz says the film is merely inspired by real events, but Meiwes's lawyers are not convinced. Are your teeth strong enough?" Grombek asks in one of the movie's more startling lines. Later, as a computer repairman, Meiwes's career, he is drawn to the "Cannibal Cantina" Web site in his search for a willing victim, who he finds in Simon Grombek. Like Meiwes, he dreams up an imaginary friend. It also shows a younger Hartwin as a loner forced by a domineering mother to wear Lederhosen at school. The cannibal plot of the movie, seen in a preview on Tuesday, is almost identical to real-life events. The movie tells the tale of fictional American criminal psychology student Katie (Keri Russell) who is drawn in by the bizarre case of a Meiwes-like character called Oliver Hartwin. "Rohtenburg" ("Butterfly - A Grimm Love Story") is set to open in Germany on March 9 and will hope to profit from the shock and fascination the case of Armin Meiwes evoked in a transfixed public in Germany and beyond. A verdict is expected in February.BERLIN (Reuters) - A real-life German cannibal who ate a willing victim is being immortalized on the big screen, like the fictional Hannibal Lecter, despite his legal bid to block the movie version of his gruesome crime.
He said he received up to 430 e-mails in return.
Meiwes told the court he began placing Internet ads seeking a man to kill and eat after the 1999 death of his mother, whom he described as domineering. Police tracked down and arrested the suspect last December after a student in Austria alerted them to an advertisement he had placed on the Internet seeking a man willing to be killed and eaten.
Police who searched Meiwes' home found human flesh and bones. Meiwes testified that he deep-froze some of the dismembered body parts, eating the flesh over the following months, and buried others in the garden. Meiwes could face life in prison if convicted of murder. "I kissed him once more, prayed and pleaded for forgiveness," Meiwes told the court.ĭefense lawyers argue Meiwes should not be charged with murder, saying the slaying a form of mercy killing. Meiwes said he stabbed his victim the next morning, believing he was already dead, and recorded his act on a videotape that is being used as evidence. The victim later said he wanted to be stabbed to death after drinking a bottle of cold medicine to lose consciousness, Meiwes testified. I hope you'll find me tasty," Meiwes quoted his visitor as saying. Meiwes, appearing relaxed in a dark suit and tie, told the Kassel state court in detailed testimony Wednesday that his victim arrived on March 9, 2001, and soon undressed. Meiwes is accused of killing the engineer, identified by authorities only as Bernd Juergen B., by stabbing him in the throat. Prosecutors say the killing was sexually motivated and filed murder charges, despite concluding that the killing had the victim's consent.
CANNIBAL LOOKING FOR WILLING VICTIM CRAIGSLIST A ARMIN MEIWES TRIAL
KASSEL, Germany - A 42-year-old German accused of killing, dismembering and eating the flesh of another man admitted the charges as his murder trial began Wednesday, but said his victim had been willing.Īrmin Meiwes, a computer expert who lived in a half-timbered former manor in the town of Rotenburg, allegedly found his 43-year-old victim over the Internet and killed him after he traveled from Berlin to meet Meiwes in March 2001. Now this will churn your stomach even more than one of Janeen s Fatty McFat pictures! Who in their right mind would consent to be murdered and eaten by a psychopath?