Madrid, June 17 -- : A Spanish national has been jailed for 15 years and five months for killing and eating his mother in the country's capital Madrid.

Citing a court statement which was published on Tuesday, CNN reported that Alberto Sanchez Gomez had killed his mother, chopped her body and ate her over a period of at least 15 days in early 2019.

Sanchez, now 28, was arrested in February 2019 and his trial started in April. He was sentenced to 15 years for murder and five months for the desecration of a corpse.

Apart from the charges, Sanchez will also have to pay around 73,000 US dollars to his brother in compensation, ruled the court, which rejected the defense's plea that Sanchez was "psychologically disturbed."

According to CNN, Sp...