LONDON — The ringleader of an extreme body modification conspiracy who cut off men's genitals and uploaded videos to his "Eunuch Maker" website was jailed for a minimum of 22 years in a London court on Friday (May 10).

Norwegian Marius Gustavson was involved in several highly dangerous procedures which included removing the penis or testicles of men who had consented, British prosecutors said.

The practise is linked to a subculture of men seeking to become so-called "nullos", short for genital nullification, by having their penis or testicles removed.

Some of the procedures were filmed and the footage uploaded to Gustavson's pay-per-view website, which had nearly 23,000 users and made more than US$300,000 (S$406,050) between 2017 and 2021.

Gustavson pleaded guilty last year to 13 offences, including conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm, causing grievous bodily harm, and possessing criminal property relating to the money made from the website.

Prosecutor Caroline Carberry said that all the men who were subjected to the operations had consented to the amputations.

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