Cannibal case inspires German to dismember man

A GERMAN who was inspired by a high-profile cannibal case to kill and dismember a man he met on the internet was convicted of murder yesterday and sentenced to 13 years in prison.

The Berlin state court ordered Ralf Meyer, 41, into psychiatric care.

Meyer, who went on trial last week, had acknowledged killing Joe Ritzkowsky, a 33-year-old music teacher from Berlin who answered an internet solicitation for sadomasochistic sex.