The bizarre case of cannibalism is difficult for the judiciary to solve.
Maevis, 44, is very interested in cannibalism. He slaughtered, dismembered and cooked a net friend two years ago, and kept the video of his crime. The police arrested him after receiving a tip-off. After the news came out, the global media rushed to report that the bizarre degree of the case even made investigators need to arrange psychological counseling because of excessive shock.
According to DTPA, the trial will last 14 days and more than 30 witnesses and experts will testify in court. The judge is expected to pass judgment next month. Because cannibalism is not illegal in Germany, mavis was accused of killing for sexual satisfaction and disturbing the peace of the deceased because he dismembered the victim after his death. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment. However, Maevis's lawyer argued that the victim asked to be killed, so his client only "killed at the request" and could only be sentenced to five years' imprisonment.
The key to the trial lies in: was the victim killed voluntarily? It is reported that Mavis keeps in touch with 430 netizens who are interested in cannibalism. According to the report, Maevis's lawyer will call four male witnesses who shared his cannibalism with Mavis: a teacher, a chef, a student and a hotel employee. They will tell the judge that all four people were hanged by the hook used by the slaughterhouse in the "killing room" in Maevis, but they were not killed because their will to die was not firm enough.
Andreas Marnet Ross, a professor of psychiatry and dean of the German Harley Psychiatric Hospital, said: "This is a cannibalism caused by sexual perversion." Legal experts pointed out that it is difficult to convict mavis of murder from a legal point of view because the victim was really eaten voluntarily.
The prosecutor in charge of the case in Cuthell said that the psychiatric appraisal of Mavis showed that he was normal at present, and his victim may have been unable to think rationally. Therefore, although prosecutors admit that the victims did say they wanted to die, they are still seeking the judge to sentence mavis to life imprisonment for murder.
Childhood misfortune leads to cannibalism fantasy
Mavis said in an interview with a German newspaper on the 2nd that he regretted his murder and said that he should be severely punished by law.
But he still didn't give up sophistry. "For me, this is not murder," he said. "Only acts against the will of the victim can be called murder. He (the victim) used me as a tool ... I helped him die. "
When asked if he thought his behavior was a sin, Maevis replied, "This is a sin, and I regret killing someone. However, I think eating him is another matter. By eating people, part of him stayed in my memory. "
Mavis himself believes that the root of this abnormal behavior lies in his unfortunate childhood experience. His father left home when he was a child. The broken family made him lack care in the process of growing up, and there was no one to talk to when he encountered psychological problems. Finally, he formed a dangerous cannibalism fantasy and went online to find people who felt the same way.
The victim "enjoyed" being killed
According to the British "Independent" report, at the end of 2000, Maevis, 4 1 year-old, began to realize a long-cherished wish since childhood. He posted an advertisement in the chat room of the cannibal website under the name of "Frankie": "Zheng: a strong man, aged between 18 and 30, willing to be slaughtered." Mavis received a lot of replies, but most of them were joking. It was not until February of the following year that Mavis found a "congenial" netizen brandes, a high-paid microchip engineer working in Siemens.
Brandes's response to Maevis was "extremely serious". He said: "I will dedicate myself to you and let you enjoy my body." Not killing, but enjoying! Anyone who' really' wants to do this needs a' real victim'! " Brandes agreed to come to an "online gathering" between Luo Tianbao and Mavis on March 9th.
According to an exclusive interview with Maevis by the media, brandes is determined to die. To this end, he also deliberately fasted to ensure the cleanliness of the stomach. The police officer who saw the selfie tape said that the victim was obviously castrated voluntarily. When Maxwell cut off Brinell's penis with a kitchen knife, Brinell once screamed. After dressing brandes's wound, Maevis cut the penis in half and cooked it. Maevis said it was "terrible".
Mavis then stabbed brandes, and brandes bled more and more.
Later, Maevis continued to look for younger and more tender "objects" on the Internet, and touted his feat on the cannibal website. Until the summer of 200 1 year, a student reported the case to the German Criminal Investigation Bureau, and mavis was arrested immediately. neutralize