‘Eunuch maker’ arrested after police raid on flat over alleged live-streamed castrations
Seven men were arrested in London in December as part of a probe into castrations being broadcast live on a ‘pay-per-view adult channel’. (Pexels)
Seven men were arrested in a north London flat after reports of castration procedures that were broadcast live online.
Metropolitan Police arrested the men in a flat in Finsbury Park, London following a raid in December, and searched the residence for three days, The Sun reported.
A source told The Sun that the basement property was being used by the men to film castrations, and the procedures were āapparently shown on a pay-per-view adult channelā that was advertised online using a Twitter account.
The practice is linked to a subculture where people identify as ānullosā, short for genital nullification, after willingly undergoing the surgical removal of their external genitalia.
A Met spokesperson confirmed to ITV that officers from the forceās Central Specialist Crime unit had āconducted a search warrantā at a residence in Finsbury Park between 7 December and 10 December.
The spokesperson said the warrant was āin connection with an investigation into an allegation of grievous bodily harmā. They added that a man, aged in his 40s, was arrested in relation to the investigation and is currently on bail.
āSix other suspects were also arrested and released on bail in connection with this matter,ā the police spokesperson added.
The other suspects are aged in their 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s.
According to The Sun, a castrated man involved in the raid reportedly dubbed himself āthe Eunuch Makerā and runs a film production company.
Speaking after the raid, a neighbour told the newspaper that police were āoutside the flat for a few daysā and put items that ālooked like computers and laptopsā into āplastic bagsā.
One of the most famous nullos is Japanese artist Mao Sugiyama, who reportedly had his genitals surgically removed, cooked and served to paying guests at a public event in 2012.
Sugiyama voluntarily underwent surgery to have his genitals removed, and it is claimed that he had initially considered eating his own body parts. But it was reported that he later decided to cook and serve them garnished with mushrooms and parsley for five dinner party guests.
