Brazil Cannibal Trio Sentenced

The three were convicted of killing a woman and eating her.

Jorge Beltrao Negromonte da Silveira received 23 years while his wife Isabel Cristina Pires and his mistress Bruna Cristina Oliveira da Silva were sentenced to 20 years.

The trio allegedly sold pastries made from the woman's flesh to neighbors.

The three also confessed to killing two more women and will be sentenced later.

The defendants' lawyers said they would appeal against Friday's sentences.

They were arrested in the city of Garanhuns in April 2012 and were convicted of murder, desecration and concealment of a body.

The trio admitted in court to killing and eating their victim as part of a purification ritual.

They however denied allegations that they consumed and sold the flesh in pastries.

At the time of their arrest the trio claimed to be part of a group that supported the purification of the world and the reduction of its population.

By Bonareri Samaha

Source: BBC News