NHS doctor lived with the man courts called a ‘lunatic butcher’ for over a year, and the texts on his phone reveal exactly what he thought about it

Dr. Baraa Almasri, an NHS doctor, has been struck off the medical register after a tribunal found he demonstrated a willingness to be part of the criminal enterprise of Marius Gustavson, known as the “eunuch maker.” As first highlighted by LADbible, Gustavson was jailed for life in 2024 for carrying out extreme body modifications, including castration and penis removal, in the basement of his Haringey, London flat.

Almasri lived with Gustavson for over a year in that same flat while the procedures were taking place. The pair first met in January 2019, and Almasri moved into Gustavson’s London home just over a year later.

Gustavson admitted to five counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. The court heard he cooked and ate human testicles, had his own penis removed with a kitchen knife, and froze his own leg to have it amputated. He ran an organised operation through his “EunuchMaker” website, taking in more than £300,000 between 2017 and 2021.

The phone messages made his level of involvement hard to deny

Almasri was arrested in December 2021 after concerns were raised about his relationship with Gustavson. He answered “no comment” to all questions during his arrest, but investigators subsequently uncovered messages on his phone that laid out the extent of his involvement.

The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) heard that the messages showed Almasri viewed Gustavson’s criminal conduct as a source of humour. He received dozens of graphic images and, in one exchange, told his roommate “you’re being naughty.”

He also noted in texts that many of the alleged victims had treatable psychiatric conditions, yet made no attempt to intervene or report Gustavson to authorities. Amid a separate case where bodycam footage determined criminal liability, the Almasri case turned almost entirely on digital evidence recovered from his phone.

The MPTS report stated that the messages showed Almasri appeared supportive of Gustavson’s activities and showed interest in the procedures and in helping with the website going forward. He messaged about his own lack of surgical skill but indicated he was willing to learn if Gustavson could teach him. The tribunal noted that these discussions continued over more than a year, and at no point did Almasri attempt to dissuade Gustavson from continuing.

The MPTS concluded that Almasri’s conduct was so serious as to be fundamentally incompatible with continued registration and erased him from the medical register. Almasri was not present at the hearing earlier this month.

He had come to the UK in 2019 for an unpaid work partnership at Essex Partnership University Trust, and between November 2019 and February 2021 held further placements at Rochford Hospital, Basildon mental health unit, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping. In another case drawing attention to professional figures facing criminal consequences, a convicted cop rejected parole while pointing to a serial killer in his defense.

Gustavson was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 22 years.