In September 2020, Stefan R. lured a man into his apartment, cut his throat and severed his genitals. For this he is sentenced to life imprisonment. The Federal Court of Justice has now confirmed the judgment of the Berlin Regional Court.
Ten months after the verdict in the so-called cannibal murder trial, a Berliner has been sentenced to life imprisonment. The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) confirmed the judgment of the Berlin Regional Court and rejected the appeal of the accused, as announced by the BGH in Karlsruhe. The regional court had found it proven that the teacher Stefan R. had killed a man and severed his genitals in order to eat them.
According to the Berlin verdict, R. made an appointment with another man in his apartment via a dating platform in September 2020 to have sex. R. then sedated the man with a drug, cut his throat and severed his genitals to eat. He is said to have dismembered the body and left the parts with rented cars at various locations in the Pankow district of Berlin. The crime was discovered in November 2020 after human bones were found in Pankow.
Investigations revealed that the body parts were from a 43-year-old from Berlin who had been missing for several weeks. Further investigations then led to the suspect’s home. There, police officers found blood, other body parts and suspicious tools, among other things. The district court assessed the act as murder and saw the murder characteristics of an insidious killing to satisfy the sex drive and to enable another crime, namely the subsequent disturbance of the peace of the dead, to be fulfilled.
In January of this year, it sentenced R. to life imprisonment and determined the particular gravity of his guilt, which practically rules out early release. The review of the judgment by the fifth BGH criminal senate based in Leipzig did not result in any legal errors to the detriment of the accused, the BGH has now announced.