Porn pics on cannibal's pc
2004-01-05 18:20
Kassel, Germay - Investigators found hundreds of violent and pornographic images on the computer of a German information technology expert who confessed to killing a man and eating his flesh, an official testified at his murder trial on Monday.
"We checked a total of more than 2 000 data files," Volker Kegel, an officer with Hessen state criminal authorities told the state court in Kassel. The images found, he said, ranged from homosexual pornography to torture.
However, investigators found "no indications of further victims" after checking defendant Armin Meiwes' computer and e-mail, Kegel said.
Prosecutors say the killing was sexually motivated and filed murder charges against Meiwes, 42, despite concluding that the killer had the victim's consent.
Meiwes went on trial on December 3 and confessed in detail to the March 2001 killing of 43-year-old engineer Bernd Juergen Brandes at his home. He has told the court that he subsequently looked for further willing victims through internet ads and chat rooms.
If convicted, Meiwes could face life in prison. But his attorney argues that the slaying was instead a form of mercy killing, which would carry a maximum five-year sentence.
Police tracked down and arrested Meiwes in December 2002 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.
A verdict in the trial is expected in February.
- SAPA