bloodrayne
02-05-2004, 07:14 AM
Court jails corpse-cannibal
AN Indonesian court sentenced a man to five years in jail for digging up the corpse of his 80-year-old female neighbour and eating parts of the body, court officials said.
Sumanto, 30, was found guilty of stealing and digging up a grave, said Tono, a court official in the central Javanese town of Purbalingga, about 400km south-east of Jakarta.
The 30-year-old, who was arrested early this year in Purbalingga, was judged to be sane, Tono said.
Officers found parts of a female corpse buried behind his house, while other parts of the body, which had only been in the ground for one day, were arranged on a dinner plate.
Sumanto told police at the time that he believed eating the flesh would give him supernatural powers.
His lawyers said they would appeal against the verdict.
AN Indonesian court sentenced a man to five years in jail for digging up the corpse of his 80-year-old female neighbour and eating parts of the body, court officials said.
Sumanto, 30, was found guilty of stealing and digging up a grave, said Tono, a court official in the central Javanese town of Purbalingga, about 400km south-east of Jakarta.
The 30-year-old, who was arrested early this year in Purbalingga, was judged to be sane, Tono said.
Officers found parts of a female corpse buried behind his house, while other parts of the body, which had only been in the ground for one day, were arranged on a dinner plate.
Sumanto told police at the time that he believed eating the flesh would give him supernatural powers.
His lawyers said they would appeal against the verdict.