Eunuch-makers raked in £300,000 dismembering todgers on digital camera – even their very own

A “eunuch maker” website made almost £300,000 selling extreme body modification films that included the removal of male genitals, a court heard.

Prosecutor Caroline Carberry KC told the Old Bailey on Thursday (May 2) ringleader Marius Gustavson and other “like-minded individuals” carried out multiple mutilations – “the scale of which is without precedent”. The pay-per-view website amassed 22,000 subscribers.

Norwegian national Gustavson, 46, of Haringey, north London, was involved in “numerous” extreme procedures, the court heard, videos of which featured on the website between 2017 and 2021. He also had his own penis removed.

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He previously admitted charges including conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. He appeared for sentencing this week alongside six other men who all admitted their part in the scheme.

The court was told the wide-ranging conspiracy involved the removal and trade of body parts. The charges against the men relate to 13 victims.

There were varying levels of membership to Gustavson’s website, ranging from from “free” to “VIP” which cost £100, the court heard. The practice as a whole is said to be linked to a subculture of men who want to become “nullos” (short for genital nullification).

Ms Carberry said police officers found Gustavson’s penis “in a drawer in his home four years after it had been amputated”. Other body parts including testicles were kept in his freezer. Ms Carberry described how the group used various tools including clamps meant for “animal castration” to carry out the procedures.

The court heard how Gustavson told a man in Sweden to “maim himself” by cutting off his testicles with a knife during a facetime call. “You know what to do come on, just push it,” Gustavson said. The court was told Gustavson encouraged him to cut his penis off three days later.

Gustavson pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit grievous bodily harm, five counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, one count of making an indecent photograph of a child, one count of distributing an indecent photograph of a child and possession of criminal property contrary to Section 329(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Ion Ciucur, 30, of Gretna, Scotland, Peter Wates, 66, of Purley, Surrey, Stefan Scharf, 61, of no fixed address, David Carruthers 61, Janus Atkin, 38, Ashley Williams, 32, all of Newport, Gwent, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit grievous bodily harm.

The sentencing hearing will conclude on Friday (May 3). Three other men have already been sentenced in connection with the case.

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