‘Eunuch maker’ who broadcast mutilations of men jailed for life

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By Max Stephens

May 10, 2024 — 10.48am

Warning: graphic content

The mastermind of an utmost assemblage modification cult who performed dozens of irreversible mutilations connected different men broadcast connected his ‘Eunuch Maker’ website has been jailed for life.

Marius Gustavson has been jailed for life.

Marius Gustavson, a 46-year-old Norwegian surviving successful northbound London, was sentenced astatine the Old Bailey connected Thursday for moving the “grisly and gruesome enterprise” alongside six of his co-defendants.

Gustavson was described by prosecutors arsenic an “arch-manipulator” of susceptible men who raked successful astir £300,000 ($567,000) from the website’s 22,841 members who paid to ticker videos of his “barbaric” underworld surgeries and intersexual torture connected others, including those performed connected a 16-year-old boy.

He was progressive with astatine slightest 30 mutilations of men betwixt 2017 and 2021, keeping “trophies” of his surgeries successful his basement level and sold severed genitalia astatine eBay-style online “auctions” connected his website.

In December 2017, helium tied up and electrocuted a past 16-year-old lad earlier utilizing a clamp, usually reserved for castrating livestock, connected the teenager’s genitalia.

Caroline Carberry, KC, prosecuting, admitted it was “impossible to know” the afloat standard of Gustavson’s offending and that arsenic good arsenic assemblage mutilations determination was “clear evidence” of cannibalism.

One 1 occasion, helium grilled a brace of quality testicles successful a skillet for an “artfully arranged” lunchtime crockery with roasted potatoes, cashew and pistachio nuts.

Gustavson, who is disabled aft willingly having his ain penis and limb amputated, wearing a chequered garment appeared via video-link from HMP Wandsworth. He sat with his caput bowed for overmuch of the hearing.

Judge Mark Lucraft, KC, said: “Gustavson, connected the grounds you are precise overmuch the mastermind down this grisly and gruesome enterprise. The concern acceptable up was engaged and lucrative.

He said that Gustavson had “recruited like-minded people” for the “large scale, unsafe and highly disturbing enterprise”. “The environments were acold from sterile and performed by radical without aesculapian qualifications.”

Lucraft said Gustavson and his six co-defendants were motivated by “a premix of intersexual gratification arsenic good arsenic fiscal reward” and described the Norwegian’s actions arsenic “human butchery”.

“Consent is not a defence to what took place” and galore of the victims “may good look life-long issues,” helium added. Six of Marius’s co-defendants, nary of whom person immoderate aesculapian qualifications, were besides sentenced astatine the Old Bailey.

David Carruthers, 61, Janus Atkin, 39, Peter Wates, 67, and Ion Valentin Ciucur, 30, were sentenced for conspiracy to origin grievous bodily harm with intent. In addition, 2 further co-defendants, Ashley Williams, 32 and Stefan Scharf, 61, were sentenced for causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

Carruthers, a erstwhile infirmary porter, was jailed for 11 years aft helping region the testicles of 4 men.

Janus Atkin, a erstwhile “academically brilliant” veterinary subject pupil astatine Liverpool and Bristol universities, was jailed for 12 years aft helping region the testicles of 3 men and severing the penis of another.

Peter Wates, a erstwhile subordinate of the Royal Society of Chemists and gemstone expert, was jailed for 12 years for helping mutilate 7 men. Wates had been spared jailhouse antecedently aft officers recovered a “significant” quantity of ammunition astatine the location helium shared with his begetter successful Surrey successful February 2022.

Forensic officers besides discovered a brace of quality testicles kept successful a Flora butter-spread container marked “‘Bolete’ mushrooms” with the acquisition “do not defrost”.

Wates is the erstwhile caput of The Gemmological Association of Great Britain whose enactment was erstwhile cited by the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Ion Ciucur, a Romanian nationalist who worked astatine a edifice successful Gretna Green successful Scotland helped Gustavson sexually torture 1 antheral and clamp the testicles of another. He was jailed for 5 years and 8 months.

Ashley Williams, Carruther’s hubby who worked alongside him astatine a passport bureau successful Wales, was jailed for 4 years and six months for helping region Atkin’s testicles with the assistance of Gustavson.

Stefan Scharf, a German nationalist was arrested astatine Heathrow Airport portion trying to alert location to Frankfurt. He was besides jailed for 4 years and six months aft helping Gustavson region the testicle of 1 victim.

Scharf was besides said to person been progressive successful the assemblage modification country successful Germany.

The Old Bailey heard antecedently Gustavson had a past of “dishonest offending” successful his autochthonal Norway having received 2 suspended jailhouse sentences for fraud.

Prosecutor Kate Mulholland said: “Marius Gustavson ignored the risks of performing unnecessary country connected susceptible men for intersexual gratification and fiscal gain.

“He actively recruited participants done his website and was paid to watercourse the footage of these barbaric procedures.

“Whilst the victims successful this lawsuit each seemingly consented to surgeries and amputations, the unfortunate who bravely reported his battle to the constabulary expressed superior regret regarding his process and the lasting interaction it has had upon him. This intelligibly emphasises wherefore specified practices are unlawful.

“The severity of today’s condemnation should enactment arsenic a informing to others that performing utmost assemblage modifications is against the instrumentality and the CPS won’t hesitate to prosecute these horrendous crimes.”

The Telegraph, London

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