‘Eunuch maker’ extreme body modification ring can challenge sentences, court rules

Marius Gustavson, who led the extreme body modification ring, is one of six men appealing against the length of their sentences for their role in the enterprise - (PA Media)

Six jailed members of a lucrative “human butchery” enterprise can challenge the length of their sentences, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Mastermind Marius Gustavson and his acolytes carried out male castration, penis removal and other “grisly and gruesome” procedures on an unprecedented scale on people as young as 16, the Old Bailey heard when they were sentenced earlier this year.