US 'cannibal cop' defends 'fantasy' horrors

The founder of an extreme fetish website used by New York's "cannibal cop" testified Tuesday that online chats about women being eaten were a typical fantasy and compared the forum to Facebook. Sergey Merenkov, the main witness called by suspended policeman Gilberto Valle's lawyers in a single day of defense arguments, told the court his site darkfetishnet.com, a favorite of the accused, was "a social network."

US 'cannibal cop' starts trial defense (via AFP)

New York's so-called "cannibal cop" opened his defense in court Tuesday with video testimony from the Russian founder of an extreme fetish website who said that discussing eating young women was a standard online fantasy. Sergey Merenkov described his site darkfetishnet.com, a favorite of suspended…