In a stunning reversal, infamous Cannibal Cop Gilberto Valle will likely have his conviction for a bizarre kidnapping conspiracy scheme overturned on Tuesday after a judge decided to revoke the guilty verdict in the flesh-eating fetish plot, a source said.
The disgraced NYPD veteran, who was convicted of hatching a "heinous" plan to cook, kill, and eat several women — including his own wife — was facing life in prison for the crime.
But Valle will likely have the major charge of conspiracy overturned and the sentence vacated with only a misdemeanor charge of using police computers to track down women, The Post has learned.
The misdemeanor charge would leave Valle with only up to a year in jail — which he has already served.
Valle, 28, had compiled a list of women and used the NYPD's federal database to collect information on them.
The cop would visit the Web site darkfetishnet.com to meet others to map out the fiendish scheme.
Prosecutors said he planned to kidnap three women during the week of Feb. 20, 2012.
Kathleen Valle
A document found on his wife Kathleen's laptop at their Forest Hills, Queens, apartment was titled "Abducting and Cooking Kimberly — A Blueprint."
The same document included the "materials" one would need, and included a gag, rope, chloroform and a tarp for a car trunk.
He also professed a desire to become a "professional kidnapper" and revel in the suffering of his victims as they were roasted alive.
His lawyers have argued that the jury couldn't differentiate between Valle's sick fantasies and actually plotting to act them out.
"Obviously, the case involved thoughts that were unusual and bizarre and, frankly, very ugly, and we think that the jury just couldn't get past that and they never got to the law," his lawyer, Julia Gatto, said after the verdict in March 2013.
Valle appealed the conviction, and a hearing is scheduled for Tuesday morning at Manhattan federal court.
His plot was uncovered when his wife used computer spyware to uncover her hubby's depraved online chats.
Valle has been held in solitary confinement since his arrest last year.
Additional reporting by Rich Calder
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