(dpa) - 42-year-old German computer specialist Armin Meiwes carries some files as he arrives for the second day of his trial at the district court in Kassel, Germany, 8 December 2003. The self-declared cannibal told the court he regarded the killing of his victim as a form of euthanasia. He admitted killing and eating a 43-year-old engineer from Berlin he had met over the Internet.
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(dpa) - 42-year-old German computer specialist Armin Meiwes carries some files as he arrives for the second day of his trial at the district court in Kassel, Germany, 8 December 2003. The self-declared cannibal told the court he regarded the killing of his victim as a form of euthanasia. He admitted killing and eating a 43-year-old engineer from Berlin he had met over the Internet. He denied it was murder, saying his the victim had wanted to be killed and was aware of his fate. The court was set later in the day to view video tapes showing how Meiwes killed, cut up and ate his victim. Meiwes had filmed the killing and butchering of his victim in March 2001. With cannibalism not legally a criminal offence in Germany, Meiwes is charged with murder 'for sexual satisfaction' and 'disturbing the peace of the dead' by butchering the corpse. He could be jailed for life. His defence is pressing for a lesser charge of 'killing on demand' which carries a maximum five-year jail sentence.