Eunuch Maker admits carrying out castrations live online for cash in Tottenham
A man who called himself ‘The Eunuch Maker’ admitted carrying out illegal castrations and livestreaming the footage on the dark web.
Marius Gustavson, 46, carried out extreme body modifications which included removing people’s penises and testicles.
The operations were filmed and uploaded to Gustavson’s ‘Eunuch Maker’ website to paying subscribers, netting the Norwegian over £200,000 over a six year period.
Volunteers are linked to a bizarre subculture which sees men become ‘nullos’ – short for genital nullification, by having their penis and testicles removed.
The conspiracy involved up to 29 extreme body modifications, the removal of body parts and the trade in body parts with eight other men.
Gustavson, now wheelchair bound after his leg was frozen and then amputated, has also had his own penis and one of his nipples removed.
He appeared at the Old Bailey today via video link from HMP Belmarsh and admitted three further counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Gustavson earlier admitted conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, two counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and one count of possessing criminal property, namely money.
He also admits making and distributing two indecent videos of a child between January 2017 and January 2020.
David Carruthers, 60, who formerly worked as a surgical assistant, and Janus Atkin, 37, from South Wales, also appeared in court today.
They deny conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.
A trial date is set for 4 March 2024.
Romanian Ion Ciucur, 28, who works in a hotel in Gretna Green, Scotland, has admitted conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm by taking part in a castration by clamping and one other modification.
He is said to be ‘part of Gustavson’s inner circle’.
German Stefan Scharf, 61, is charged with conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.
He is accused of taking part in a single procedure by removing a testicle in an apartment in Camden in July 2019.
He will enter a plea on 12 January.
Former nurse Nathaniel Arnold, 46, Jacob Crimi-Appleby, 23, and Damien Brynes, 36, removed body parts from Gustavson and are due to be sentenced on 12 January.
Arnold, Crimi-Appleby and Brynes admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Crimi-Appleby froze Gustavson’s leg causing it to require amputation, Brynes removed his penis while Arnold was involved in the partial removal of his nipple.
Arnold also admitted stealing Lidocaine while working as nurse at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital between January 2016 and January 2022, and possession of extreme pornographic images.
Gustavson’s alleged ‘righthand man’ surgeon Peter Wates, 66, has admitted conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.
He was said to have a major role as surgeon in a large number of procedures.
Carruthers’ partner Ashley Williams, 31, has admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Atkin at his home in Newport, south Wales, on 7 November 2017.
Gustavson, Scharf and Ciucur are remanded in custody with the others are on conditional bail, including curfew and residence.
Crimi-Appleby, of Epsom, Surrey, Arnold, of South Kensington, and Byrnes, of Tottenham, admitted causing GBH with intent.
Scharf, of no fixed address, is charged with conspiracy to cause GBH with intent.
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