The court said that Stephen R. had killed his victim with the intention of “obtaining sexual gratification” and subsequently eating parts of the corpse.
According to the court’s findings, the two men had arranged to meet at the defendant’s Berlin apartment after coming into contact on an online dating platform. In the apartment, Stephen R. is said to have seduced the victim, murdered her, and then cut off her genitals to make her eat.
It cannot be determined with certainty whether the defendant actually carried out this particular intent – but the court said it was “probable.”
CNN-affiliated NTV reported that the prosecutor’s office had previously said that Stephen R. had “trapped the man in a trap”, had repeatedly raised the topic of cannibalism in conversations with other sexual partners, and “lived out his fantasies”. Were.” Wanted to have.”
It is also said that the defendant dismembered the victim’s body and deposited the parts in the vicinity of Pankow, a town in the German capital.
According to NTV, the victim’s bones were found weeks after the murder.
After examining several witnesses and evaluating the defendant, the court concluded that the defendant acted with “cannibalistic motives”—and since Stephen R. has been found guilty of a “particularly serious crime,” according to the court. After serving 15 years in Germany, he cannot come to be released on automatic parole.
The decision is not final and can still be appealed.
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