Cannibal housemate, 23, jailed for life

Self-professed 'cannibal' Robert Ian Logan found guilty of murdering flatmate

Ben Huntingford, who was murdered by flatmate Robert Ian Logan. Logan has been jailed for life.

• Jury deliberated for one day before verdict 
• Logan murdered housemate, drank his blood 
• "Only one sentence I can impose" said judge

Sydney : A MAN who claimed he had eaten human flesh as a child was today jailed for life for murdering his former housemate.
Robert Ian Logan, 23, was found guilty at Brisbane Supreme Court of killing Benjamin Huntingford at their home on June 21, 2006.
Logan, affected by drugs, alcohol or both, attacked Mr Huntingford and twice stabbed his pet dog "Butch" several weeks after leaving their shared accommodation following a heated argument.
He told police that he had drank Mr Huntingford's blood after killing him.
Mr Huntingford's father, Peter, said that Logan was renowned for telling "bizarre stories'' and once spoke of travelling to New Zealand as a child and eating human flesh with cannibals.
Logan, who denied the charges, shook his head in disbelief as the jury read out their verdict. At one stage he looked at his lawyers and said: "I don't understand.''
The court heard during the trial that Logan had consumed various drugs, including heroin, speed, crack and marijuana, while living with Mr Huntingford.
There was some "bad blood'' between his two housemates over the "thrashing'' of a recently purchased motorcycle.
The Crown revealed Mr Huntingford's corpse, with a pair of underpants placed over the head, was found by his housemate upon returning home from work about 6.15am.
Mr Huntingford's blood had been used to write an obscenity several times and "Where's M money'' on walls and a fridge at the blood-soaked and stained house.
Police found a bloody handprint on a door at the house and boot prints from a set of size 10 pair of "Blue Steel'' work boots belonging to Logan.
Mr Huntingford was said to have died from a "complex gaping wound'' to the neck that went from "ear to ear''.
He received 19 significant injuries in the ferocious attack - many of which are believed to have occurred after his death.
Logan told investigators his motivation for the killing was the result of an unwanted homosexual advance made by Mr Huntingford when they lived together.
"(Logan) asserted he drank some of the deceased man's blood,'' the Crown said.
Judge Julie Dick said she hoped Logan himself had read the victim impact statement from Mr Huntingford's family.
"I hope that you have read that ... to see what you have done to this family.''