Man jailed for killing, eating remains of his mother
A Spanish man has been jailed on Tuesday for killing his mother and eating her remains.
Man identified as Alberto Sanchez Gomez, cut up his mother’s body and ate her over a period of at least 15 days in early 2019.
Sanchez was arrested in February 2019 and his trial started in April.
However, he has been jailed for for 15 years and five months. The incident occurred at an apartment in Madrid.
He will also have to pay €60,000 (around $73,000) to his brother in compensation, ruled the court.
Accordong to CNN by the Madrid prosecutor’s office at the start of the trial, Sanchez strangled her to death during an heated argument.
He then cut up her body using a carpenter’s saw and two kitchen knives, storing some of the pieces in the freezer and throwing others into the trash in plastic bags.
