Life sentence for German man who killed, ate children

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Life sentence for German man who killed, ate children

2011-06-27 19:30:57 GMT+7 (ICT)

BODENFELDE, GERMANY (BNO NEWS) -- A court in Germany on Monday morning sentenced a 26-year-old man to life in prison for the brutal murders of two young teenagers last year.

Jan O. was arrested last year after 14-year-old Nina B. and 13-year-old Tobias L. were found dead on the outskirts of Bodenfelde, a town in Lower Saxony state about 35 kilometers (21 miles) north of Kassel. It was a crime that shocked Germany.

Nina had gone missing in mid-November 2010 after she ran away from home. According to O.'s confession, he lured the young girl into the woods with the intend to rape her. But he instead hit her on the head with a beer bottle before slashing her throat.

As the girl died, according to the confession, O. ate flesh from her wounds and drank her blood. "I did not want sex anymore, just flesh and blood. The taste of it made me addicted," O. wrote in his confession, details of which shocked the European nation.

In the days after the brutal murder, O. returned to the body several times and repeatedly took advantage of her. He also filmed several clips with his mobile phone as he touched the lifeless body.

In addition, a message was found on O.'s Facebook page in which he said: "Slaughtered a girl yesterday. One everyday until they catch me." O.'s other online profiles indicated he was looking to meet girls between the ages of 10 and 16.

In the days after Nina's murder, during one of his visits to the corpse, O. came across Tobias who he mistook for a young girl. He kidnapped him and stabbed him to death when he discovered that Tobias was a boy, not a girl. Although there is evidence to indicate that Tobias was still sexually assaulted, O. denied this and said he rejects homosexual acts.

Although prosecutors and lawyers of the victims had asked for a 15-year sentence along with psychiatric treatment and subsequent preventive detention, the court in Gottingen sentenced him to life in prison along with psychiatric treatment and preventative detention.

It remains possible however that O. could still be released one day if he is no longer considered to be dangerous. The families of the victims had accepted that O., who has been called the Monster of Bodenfelde, had diminished responsibility.

O. also apologized to the families of his victims and said he did not know what had happened to him. Experts believe O. could have turned into a serial killer if he had not been caught.

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