WASHINGTON (AP) — A German man charged with killing his 91-year-old wife has told a judge in a handwritten note that he is “willing, able and ready” for the murder trial despite a fast that he acknowledges has physically weakened him.

Albrecht Muth, 49, also reiterated in his letter his plans to represent himself, in place of his court-appointed lawyers, at his December trial in D.C. Superior Court.