What is Armin Meiwes?
{{Infobox criminal | name = Armin Meiwes | image_name = |image = | image_size = | image_caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|12|01|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Essen]], [[West Germany]]<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/675/000044543/ Armin Meiwes] [[NNDB]]</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | charge = [[Murder]] (previously [[manslaughter]]) | conviction_penalty = [[Life imprisonment]] (previously eight and half years imprisonment) | conviction_status = In prison }} '''Armin Meiwes''' (born 1 December 1961) is a [[Germany|German]] man who is known for an act of [[cannibalism]]. In March 2001, Meiwes, a then 41-year-old [[bisexual]]<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/15/1073877969947.html Horror becomes chic]</ref> [[computer]] technician, placed an [[advertisement]] [[online]] for a well-built male he could kill and eat. Forty-three year old Bernd-Jurgen Brandes answered the ad later that month. Meiwes took Brandes to his home in Rotenberg. Brandes had sex with Meiwes, then asked Meiwes to cut off his [[penis]]. Meiwes did so, then [[Frying|fried]] the penis, but burned it and fed it to his dog. Meiwes then killed Brandes with Brandes's consent by stabbing him repeatedly in the neck. He cut the body in pieces and froze pieces for later consumption. Meiwes was [[arrest]]ed in December 2002. He had consumed about 20 kg of Brandes' body. Cannibalism was not [[Crime|illegal]] in Germany until 2001 when Meiwes killed and ate Brandes. Meiwes was convicted of killing by request and defiling a corpse. The Meiwes case was the first cannibalism case in Germany.<ref>[http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/cannibalism Cornell University Law School: Cannibalism]</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3286721.stm BBC News: German cannibal tells of fantasy]</ref> In May 2006, a court sentenced Meiwes to life in prison. <ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.dw.com/en/german-cannibal-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/a-2014515 |title= G