(dpa) - Defence attorney Harald Ermel waits for the beginning of the trial in the regional court in Kassel, Germany, 3 December 2003. The trial of a man who killed and then ate his victim before a running camera began in Kassel in what legal experts say is an unprecedented case for Germany. The defendant, 42-year-old Armin Meiwes, is answering a charge of murder, while his defence
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(dpa) - Defence attorney Harald Ermel waits for the beginning of the trial in the regional court in Kassel, Germany, 3 December 2003. The trial of a man who killed and then ate his victim before a running camera began in Kassel in what legal experts say is an unprecedented case for Germany. The defendant, 42-year-old Armin Meiwes, is answering a charge of murder, while his defence counsel will seek to prove that he killed and then consumed his victim, a Berlin engineer, at the man's own request. A huge media turnout was present at the court house in the northern German city of Kassel. With cannibalism itself not illegal under German law, Meiwes is charged with murder 'for sexual satisfaction' in March 2001 as well as 'disturbing the peace of the dead' by butchering the corpse. He could be jailed for life.