Man admits removing penis of 'eunuch maker' accused of broadcasting castrations
Two men have admitted to charges including the removal of body parts on the same man that was accused of carrying out castrations and broadcasting the footage.
Among an alleged online conspiracy involving 29 offences, Nathan Arnold and Damien Byrnes, both from London, pleaded guilty during a hearing at the Old Bailey on Wednesday to causing grievous bodily harm with intent to 45-year-old victim Marius Gustavson.
Gustavson's penis was removed by Byrnes, 35, on February 18, 2017.
Arnold, meanwhile, also pleaded guilty to the theft of local anaesthetic lidocaine from the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and accepted a further offence of possessing extreme pornography.
The Norweigian's nipple was partially removed by Nurse Nathan Arnold, 48, in 2019. Arnold also admitted to stealing medicine from the hospital where he worked in 2016.
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Ashley Williams,
Nathan ArnoldGustavson is said to have been the ringleader of a grim conspiracy involving 29 offences related to extreme body modifications, the removal of body parts, the trade in body parts, and the uploading of videos.
Gustavson was accused of carrying out castrations and broadcasting the footage on his “eunuch maker” website.
He was charged with conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm with intent between January 1, 2016 and January 1 last year, and five counts of causing grievous bodily harm to five alleged victims.
The alleged grievous bodily harm included the removal of a man's penis, as well as clamping of a person's testicles, and the freezing of a leg that needed amputation.
There were also further charges of acquiring or possessing criminal property, making an indecent image of a child, and distributing an indecent image of a child.
Janus Atkin
Jacob Crimi-ApplebyGustavson, originally from Norway, is alleged to have had an accomplice in Londoner Peter Wates, 66.
Wates pleaded guilty to conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm between January 1, 2016 and January 1, 2022 and is alleged to have been involved with nine of the 29 alleged incidents.
Prosecutor Caroline Carberry KC said Wates was a “key player who had a role as a surgeon in a very large number of procedures”.
Wates, Byrnes and Arnold appeared in court alongside Gustavson and five other defendants who were not asked to enter pleas.
The Metropolitan Police have said the charges relate to 13 alleged victims (Getty Images/iStockphoto)The defendants were alleged to have performed extreme body modifications, including the removal of penises and testicles. They are accused of being part of a society where people willingly undergo body modifications
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The practice is linked to a subculture where men become “nullos” – short for genital nullification – by having their penis and testicles removed.
The Metropolitan Police has said the charges related to 13 alleged victims.
The force previously said in a statement: “We encourage anyone who has had similar experiences to seek medical advice from their local sexual health clinic or GP.”
The procedures were allegedly filmed and uploaded to the “eunuch maker” website Gustavson ran, and subscribers would pay to watch.
The defendants were arrested after police raids in London, Scotland and South Wales.
Another man, Jacob Crimi-Appleby, 22, is accused of freezing Gustavson's leg. He Crimi-Appleby was charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Two of the 29 alleged incidents are said to involve Romanian national Ion Ciucur, 29. Other alleged conspirators are David Carruthers, 60, Janus Atkin, 38, and Ashley Williams, 31 – who are all from Newport in Gwent, South Wales.
Gustavson, Wates and Ciucur attended court by video-link from Wandsworth Prison.
The other six defendants, who are on bail, sat side by side in the dock at the Old Bailey.
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