Russian cannibal who ate his mother given lighter sentence by judge "he was starving"

[Droid101]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1226694/Russian-cannibal-ate-mother-given-lighter-sentence-judge-says-starving-needed-eat.html?ITO=1490

A cannibal who killed and ate parts of his mother had his sentence reduced by a judge who said 'he needed to eat'.

Sergey Gavrilov secured reduced time in jail after confessing: 'I did not like the meat very much. It was too fatty. But I was so hungry, I had to eat it.'
The 27-year-old was given a lenient prison sentence because the judge said he was starving and needed to eat after spending all his money on vodka and gambling machines.


The Russian man hit his mother Lyubov, 55, over the head with a brick and then strangled her with an electric cable following a row over her refusal to give him her pension money to spend on alcohol.

A court heard how he put her body on the balcony of the family flat near Samara, in southern Russia, and took her allowance before going on a two day drinking and gambling binge.

Returning to the flat, he soon ran out of food and started slicing meat from his mother's body.

'She was frozen, like meat in the freezer,' he told police.
He cooked soup and pasta with meat from his mother's body over a period of more than a month, he said.

The Russian criminal code dictates 15 years in jail for his crimes but the judge said he was reducing it slightly because Gavrilov - who previously served time in jail for robbery - pleaded guilty and 'he was not keen to eat the meat, he just was hungry'.

Gavrilov was jailed for 14 years and three months.

Psychiatric tests found the man was 'normal' mentally and fully aware of what he was doing.

He was caught when a policeman came to his flat, suspecting him of stealing a mobile phone.

The officer found the dead woman - with both her legs missing - on the balcony.

Steal some bread or kill my mom... steal some bread or kill my mom.... these choices are so difficult!!

[Dawnstar]

Are you freaking kidding me? WTF is wrong with that judge.

[Pigs in Space]

Steal some bread or kill my mom... steal some bread or kill my mom.... these choices are so difficult!!

Being really hungry makes it harder to choose too!

[Varaj]

Steal some bread or kill my mom... steal some bread or kill my mom.... these choices are so difficult!!

Why limit yourself. Steal some bread and kill your mom. Then you can have a sandwich.

[Droid101]

Why limit yourself. Steal some bread and kill your mom. Then you can have a sandwich.

A nice MLT. Mom lettuce and tomato.

[Lady_Acoma]

She was already dead. No question on what to do, just grab the bread, and a mobile phone (to ask for good recipe ideas from your still ripening relatives) then eat!

[shiningbrow]

That's a novel application of justice. So do we get to murder phone solicitors justifiably if they are especially annoying?

I loved the serving suggestions, btw. MLT FTW! (OMG I've devolved into text speak :boggle:)

[Harry]

Are you freaking kidding me? WTF is wrong with that judge.

I'll bet it's starting to eat him up inside.

[Redallia]

From Calvin and Hobbes:
Miss Wormwood, could we arrange our seats in a circle and have a little discussion? Specifically, I'd like to debate whether cannibalism ought to be grounds for leniency in murders, since it's less wasteful.

I wish I could find the actual comic to put up, but apparently it *is* grounds for leniency.

[Ancalagon]

It *might* excuse the cannibalism, but it does NOT excuse the murder. That judge is a disgrace.

[Redallia]

The zombie plague seems to be starting in Russia (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8360569.stm)

[Ancalagon]

The zombie plague seems to be starting in Russia (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8360569.stm)

They obviously plan on using the hunger defense :what:

[Dawnstar]

The zombie plague seems to be starting in Russia (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8360569.stm)

remind me never to visit russia.

[Name Lips]

Somehow this seemed the best thread to post this in:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34057001/ns/world_news-americas/


Peruvian police: Gang killed people for their fat
Cops say gang intended to sell fat on black market for use in cosmetics

LIMA, Peru - Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists.

Three suspects confessed to killing five people, but the gang may have been involved in dozens more, said Col. Jorge Mejia, chief of Peru's anti-kidnapping police. He said one suspect claimed the gang wasn't the only one doing such killings.

Mejia said two of the suspects were arrested carrying bottles of liquid human fat and told police it was worth $60,000 a gallon. The fat was sold to intermediaries in Peru's capital, Lima, and police suspect it was then sold to cosmetic companies in Europe, Mejia said Thursday, but he could not confirm any sales.
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International black market?
Medical experts expressed doubt about an international black market for human fat, though it does have cosmetic applications. A dermatology professor at Yale University, Dr. Lisa Donofrio, speculated that a small market may exist for "human fat extracts" to keep skin supple, but she said that scientifically such treatments are "pure baloney."

At a news conference, police showed reporters two bottles of fat recovered from the suspects and a photo of the rotting head of a 27-year-old male victim. Suspect Elmer Segundo Castillejos, 29, led police to the head, recovered in a coca-growing valley last month, Mejia said.

Mejia said Castillejos recounted how the gang cut off its victims' heads, arms and legs, removed the organs, then suspended the torsos from hooks above candles that warmed the flesh as fat dripped into tubs below.

Six members of the gang remain at large, Mejia said. Among them was the band's alleged leader, Hilario Cudena, 56, who Castillejos told police has been killing people to extract human fat for more than three decades.

This year alone, at least 60 people are listed as missing in Huanuco province, where the gang allegedly operated, though the province is also home to drug-trafficking leftist rebels.

Mejia said police received a tip four months ago that human fat from the jungle was being sold in Lima. In August, he said, police infiltrated the band and later obtained some of the amber fluid, which a police lab confirmed as human fat.

On Nov. 3, police arrested Serapio Marcos Veramendi and Enedina Estela in a Lima bus station with a quart of human fat in a soda bottle. Their testimony led to the arrest of Castillejos three days later at the same bus station.

The three are charged with homicide, criminal conspiracy, illegal firearms possession and drug trafficking, according to a statement from Lima Superior Court. Police said they were searching for the alleged buyer.

‘Pishtacos’
Police dubbed the gang the "Pishtacos" after a Peruvian myth dating to pre-Columbian times of men who killed to extract human fat, quartering their victims with machetes.

Medical authorities contacted by The Associated Press said human fat is used in anti-wrinkle treatments — but is always extracted from the patient who is being treated, usually from the stomach or buttocks.

"There would be a risk of immunological reaction that could lead to life-threatening consequences" if fat from someone else were used, said Dr. Neil Sadick, a professor of dermatology at Cornell Weill Medical College in New York.

Dr. Adam Katz, a professor of plastic surgery at the University of Virginia medical school, was incredulous when told about the Peruvian ring.

"I can't see why there would be a black market for fat," he said. "It doesn't make any sense at all, because in most countries we can get fat so readily and in such amounts from people who are willing and ready to donate that I don't see why there would ever be a black market for fat, of all tissues."

[Dacke]

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[Janos]

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Don't be shocked when you load up your new Blu-ray version of director David Fincher's 1999 cult classic "Fight Club" this holiday season and the menu screen appears to be from the Drew Barrymore romantic comedy "Never Been Kissed." It turns out it's all a prank by Fincher.

After noticing the gag with a preview copy, The Onion's AV Club contacted Fox Home Entertainment and had its suspicions confirmed: while the original "Fight Club" menu replaces the "Never Been Kissed" one after a few seconds, the "snafu" was no accident.

Turns out that Fincher thought it would be funny to use the menu from a sweet bubble-gum romance -- the farthest possible thing from the very dark "Fight Club" -- that was a much bigger box office success when both films were released in 1999. Barrymore's inexpensive comedy grossed $55 million in the U.S., while the big-budget "Fight Club" only brought in $37 million. Of course, "Fight Club" has developed a loyal and vocal fan following over the past decade, and it is listed in the top 10 of Total Film's and Empire magazine's Greatest Films of All Time lists.

Don't worry about the practical joke hurting Drew Barrymore's feelings, though. "Fight Club" actor Edward Norton is friends with the "Never Been Kissed" star and producer, so she gave the OK for the gag. Sharp-eyed viewers can also spot Barrymore in the movie itself. There is one shot of a discarded Movieline magazine with her on the cover.

Critics that were sent a review copy of the new Blu-ray were specifically asked not to disclose the joke before it went on sale this past Tuesday. Apparently, the first rule of "Fight Club" still stands: you do not talk about "Fight Club."

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-fight-club-bluray.html

Speaking of fight club, and since we're already derailing this thread!

[shiningbrow]

Try some barbeque sauce!

[Varaj]

Somehow this seemed the best thread to post this in:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34057001/ns/world_news-americas/

Very likely not a true story.

"I can't see why there would be a black market for fat," he said. "It doesn't make any sense at all, because in most countries we can get fat so readily and in such amounts from people who are willing and ready to donate that I don't see why there would ever be a black market for fat, of all tissues."

Stories about murders for body parts are rife in South America.