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Brandes "asked to be stabbed to death," according to Meiwes |
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Bernd-Juergen Brandes had never expressed a death wish, his former lover Rene Jasnik told the court.
Mr Brandes died after answering internet adverts placed by Armin Meiwes seeking a volunteer for "slaughter".
Mr Meiwes, 42, has admitted killing and eating the engineer, but says he is not guilty of murdering him.
Mr Jasnik, 27, the victim's partner at the time, told the court in Kassel: "He had no thoughts of suicide."
He said the couple had been "very happy" and had been planning a holiday.
Mr Jasnik said he still could not explain his lover's death.
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However, he added that he had found Mr Brandes's will, dated 3 January 2001, following his disappearance. The killing took place in March of that year.
'Sexually motivated'
The witness said