Self-confessed cannibal gets offers for film rights

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.

“We are in initial talks” about film rights, lawyer Harald Ermel said outside the Kassel courtroom where Armin Meiwes, 42, went on trial for murder last week.

The 42-year-old victim whom Meiwes met over the internet suffered a painful death, a doctor testified today.