The smiling cannibal who ate his willing victim was cleared of murder today at the end of a trial that shocked Germany with its macabre revelations.

A German man who confessed to killing, dismembering and eating another man was convicted today of manslaughter and sentenced to eight years and six months in prison.

A verdict was expected today in the murder trial of a German cannibal.

The German cannibal who confessed to killing a man he met over the Internet and eating his flesh told his murder trial judges today: “I had my big kick and I don’t need to do it again,”

The German cannibal who confessed to killing a man he met over the Internet and eating his flesh should spend life behind bars for murder, prosecutors said today as they made closing arguments at his trial.

The German cannibal who confessed to killing a man and eating his flesh is incapable of showing “warm and tender feelings” toward other people, but is not mentally ill, a court heard today.

A German cannibal being tried for murder after he confessed to killing a man and eating his flesh shows no signs of mental illness, a court-appointed expert testified at his trial today.

A German engineer who became dinner for an Internet cannibal never expressed any desire to die, his former partner told a murder trial today.

A German who confessed to killing a man and eating his flesh is in good mental health, but should be given psychotherapy, a prison psychiatrist testified at his murder trial today.

THE German who has confessed to killing a man and eating his flesh has received offers for film rights and is writing a book about his deeds, his lawyer revealed yesterday.

A German computer expert who has confessed to killing and eating the flesh of an Internet acquaintance told his murder trial today that he subsequently sought more volunteers to share the same fate.

THE murder jury in the German trial of cannibal Armin Meiwes will today watch a homemade video of him killing and eating his victim.

A German computer expert accused of being a real-life Hannibal Lecter made a detailed confession at the opening of his murder trial – but said he was only doing what the victim wanted.

A 42-YEAR-OLD German yesterday admitted killing, dismembering and eating the flesh of another man whom he had recruited on the internet but said his victim had been willing.

A 42-year-old German today admitted killing, dismembering and eating the flesh of another man whom he had recruited on the Internet – but said his victim had been willing.