Man accused of filming castrations for ‘eunuch maker’ website appears in London court | UK News

A man has appeared in court accused of practicing and distributing castrations on his “eunuch maker” site.

Marius Theodore Gustavson, 45, is among a group of men arrested in London, Scotland and South Wales on Wednesday.

Nine people now face charges after penises and testicles were allegedly removed and procedures were filmed for paying subscribers.

Gustavson, 45 and from Norway but living in London, is accused of being the ringleader.

In addition to five counts of GBH with intent, he is also charged with fabricating and distributing an indecent image of a child and possession of criminal property.

Westminster Magistrates Court was told Gustavson, who appeared in a wheelchair alongside other defendants, had his own penis, leg and nipple removed.

Met Police said the charges relate to 13 victims, the crimes are believed to have taken place between 2016 and 2022 and would have netted £200,000.

The accused men are said to have been part of a subculture in which people voluntarily undergo extreme body modifications, such as becoming “nullos” – short for genital nullification.

None have yet pleaded and they were released on bail to appear at the Old Bailey in April.

Those charged with conspiracy to commit GBH are: Ion Ciucur, 28, of Gretna; Peter Wates, 65, of Purley; and David Carruthers, 60, Janus Atkin, 37, and Ashley Williams, 31 – all from Newport, Gwent.

Damien Byrnes, 35, from Haringey; Nathaniel Arnold, 47, of Kensington and Chelsea; and Jacob Crimi-Appleby, 22, of Epsom have all been charged with one count of GBH.