Philippe Schneider, 69, and Nathalie Caboubassy, 43, are accused of the murder of Georges Meichler in 2023, with the duo alleged to have cooked the homeowner in a “religious ceremony”
Schneider killed and cooked a man
A restaurant owner is due to stand trial this week on the horrific charges of “dicing and cooking” a man with a butcher’s knife, then scattering his remains across France.
Philippe Schneider, 69, along with Nathalie Caboubassy, 43, are accused of the 2023 murder of Georges Meichler. The missing person report filed by his daughter triggered a police investigation that led to their arrest.
After being apprehended, Schneider admitted to authorities that he and Caboubassy were burglarizing Meichler’s secluded woodland home when they knocked him down, causing his death.
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To hide the body, they dismembered it and scattered the parts throughout the region, reports the Mirror US. Schneider allegedly cooked some of the remains at his home as part of what seemed to be a “religious ceremony.”
Camarès in France
France3 reports that Schneider’s attorney, Luc Abratkiewicz, remarked: “They cut up the body, they cooked it in a mess tin, and then they burned the rest. It’s crude, but that’s how it is.
“Of course, there’s the horror of imagining the body was cut up, cooked, burned, but then you have a burglary that goes wrong, a body you don’t know what to do with, and this completely insane idea of wanting to get rid of it.
“”It’s mainly about explaining the act, the motive, which is trivial, a few thousand euros, and then you sink into the horror.”
Schneider’s lawyer stated: “Philippe Schneider acknowledges his full responsibility and all the facts he is accused of.”
Schneider’s account is that he was living a life filled with alcohol and drugs, which led to the insane idea of robbing his neighbor. Things went awry, and the neighbor ended up dead.
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His attorney added: “He made a grave error. And then, he continued to descend into madness and horror, because indeed, the act of dismembering this body will cost them heavily.”
Schneider, along with his partner Nathalie Caboubassy, 43, lived in Camarès and previously worked for upscale restaurants and traveled before opening a pizzeria in Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance, prior to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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