NHS doctor encouraged ‘eunuch maker’ Marius Gustavson to dismember body parts in their basement
An NHS doctor has been sacked after supporting and encouraging his roommate to perform fetishistic body amputations in his London flat.
Dr Baraa Almasri lived with Marius Gustavson, known as the “castrator” for his website of the same name, where he operated on his victims from their Haringey basement.
These included freezing and amputating limbs, illegal castration, and cooking human testicles into salads.
A court investigating Dr Almasri’s behavior heard text messages between the pair revealed he viewed his roommate’s criminal behavior as a “source of humour” and told Gustavson, referred to in his report only as Mr A, “you’re being naughty”, as well as receiving dozens of disturbing images.
Gustavson, originally from Norway, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 22 years after a trial at the Old Bailey in 2024, after performing irreversible procedures on teenagers as young as 16. The court heard the alleged victims were all said to be part of a society where people willingly undergo extreme body modifications.
The court heard Dr Almasri came to the UK from Romania in 2019 to undertake an unpaid work partnership at the Essex Partnership University Trust, having previously worked in the UAE and Egypt.
Between November 2019 and February 2021 he carried out further placements at Rochford Hospital, Basildon mental health unit and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Dr Almasri is understood to have met Gustavson in January 2019 and the pair exchanged several text messages over the next year before moving into his home in February 2020.
In text messages addressing Gustavson’s immoral behavior, Dr. Almasri said many people had treatable psychiatric problems but did not attempt to intervene or report the Norwegian to the police.
Between 2017 and 2021, Gustavson made more than £300,000 from the website “Eunuch Maker” by posting gruesome procedural videos that people could download for a fee, and police later discovered he kept the severed body parts of his victims as “trophies” in his freezer.
Dr Almasri was arrested in December 2021 after concerns were raised about their relationship, but he did not answer any questions. Investigating officers later discovered a series of messages between the pair on his phone, despite him refusing to provide a pin code or password to his devices.
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) report states: “In the court’s view, the messages showed Dr Almasri supporting Mr A’s activities.
“He showed interest in these procedures and in assisting with the website and procedures in the future. He messaged about his lack of surgical skills, but was eager to learn if Mr. A could teach him.”
“The court noted that the activities were discussed over a long period of time – more than a year – but that at no point did Dr Almasri attempt to dissuade Mr A from ceasing his activities.
“Rather, Mr A’s activities appeared to be a source of humor and amusement between them. Dr Almasri also wanted to learn more about certain procedures. His questions and answers were of a type that could be perceived by Mr A as encouraging.”
The court found that Dr Almasri “demonstrated his willingness to be part of the initiative” by sending a text message indicating his intention to comply with a procedure after his exams were finished.
Dr Almasri was not present at the hearing earlier this month and said he could not afford legal representation.
The MPTS concluded that Dr Almasri should be struck off the medical record because his behavior was “so serious that it is fundamentally incompatible with continued registration”.
