Perhaps this hobby could have continued had a student not seen another of Meiwes' advertisements on the Internet and alerted the police.

"Bernd came to me of his own free will to end his life," Meiwes told the court in his trial, which began December 3, 2003. "For him, it was a nice death."

Before his death Brandes consumed a large quantity of liquor and 20 or more sleeping pills.

Cannibalism may not be against the law in Germany, but it guarantees one a free mental examination. What the court