'Eunuch maker' fanatics admit to procedures like penis cutting and castration
Two men have admitted being part of an extreme body modifications plot involving videos posted on a lucrative “eunuch maker” website.
David Carruthers, 61, and Janus Atkin, 37, from Newport in Gwent, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm between 2016 and 2022.
The charge against them alleged the conspiracy involved the removal and cutting of penises, testicles, castration by clamping, and the insertion of needles into genitals. Judge Mark Lucraft KC adjourned sentencing to March 4 and 5 alongside other co-conspirators.
A third man, Stefan Scharf, 61, of no fixed address, was not asked to enter a plea to the same charge and his case was adjourned for a week. Previously, the ringleader, Marius Gustavson, 46, of Haringey, north London, had admitted a string of charges at the Old Bailey.
Gustavson, known as the 'Eunuch Maker', led the wide-ranging body modifications plot and allegedly made up to £200,000 by posting videos of castrations and other procedures online.
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Ashley Williams picturedTen men were arrested after police raids in London, Scotland and South Wales. They have been charged as part of the conspiracy which is said to have involved up to 29 extreme body modifications, the removal of body parts and the trade in body parts with eight other men.
It is believed to have been a society in which people willingly undergo extreme body modification. The practice is linked to a subculture where men become “nullos” – short for genital nullification – by having their penis and testicles removed. Carruthers, Atkin and Scharf had appeared at the Old Bailey by video for the short hearing before Judge Lucraft.
Carruthers' partner Ashley Williams, 31, previously admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Atkin on November 7 2017. Carruthers and Williams together removed one of Atkin's testicles. Scharf is accused of taking part in a single procedure by removing a testicle in an apartment in Camden in July 2019.
Damien Brynes, 36, who removed Gustavson's penis with a vegetable knife has already been jailed for five years and male prostitute Jacob Crimi-Appleby, 23, was jailed for three years and eight months for freezing his leg, causing it to require amputation.
Former nurse Nathaniel Arnold, 46, was given a two-year suspended sentence for partially moving Gustavson's nipple with a scalpel. Gustavson, now wheelchair bound, admits conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, five 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. Crimi-Appleby, of Epsom, Surrey, Arnold, of South Kensington, and Byrnes, of Tottenham, admitted causing GBH with intent.
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'.
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. Gustavson, Atkin, Carrthuers, Ciucur and Wates will be sentenced on March 4 and 5. Gustavson, Scharf and Ciucur are remanded in custody while the others are on conditional bail, including curfew and residence. Scharf will next appear for a hearing on February 1.
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