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.

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.

A German man accused of killing, dismembering and eating the flesh of another man who consented to the arrangement over the Internet goes on trial for murder today.

A 41-year-old man was today charged with murder for allegedly killing, dismembering and eating the flesh of another man who consented to the arrangement over the internet.

German police have arrested a 41-year-old suspected of killing and dismembering another man he met on the Internet and later eating his flesh, prosecutors said tonight.