German cannibal gets 8 and a half years jail

The court in the central city of Kassel rejected state prosecutors' call for a conviction on murder charges and a 15-year sentence for defendant Armin Meiwes.

Meiwes, who sat impassively as the verdict was read out, had admitted slaying, carving up and eating a man he met over the Internet after sex and hours of sado-masochism, but insisted it was all consensual.

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