The 42-year-old math and chemistry teacher, identified only as Stefan R., in accordance with German privacy rules, was found guilty of murder.
he met on an online dating app to fulfill “cannibalism fantasies” has been sentenced to life in prison for the gut-wrenching killing, according to reports.
The court found the defendant carried out the gruesome acts to “to live out his cannibalism fantasies,” news agency DPA reported.Stefan R. killed Stefan Trogisch to “obtain sexual gratification” via the murder and eating parts of the victim’s corpse.The defendant had “developed slaughter and cannibalism ideas” and visited multiple cannibalism websites and online forums, Schertz reportedly said.
In response, the defendant denied killing the mechanic, claiming he found the electrical worker dead on his couch after he slept at his northern Berlin apartment, and did not for emergency services “because it would have come out that I am homosexual,” according to The Guardian.