German electrician jailed for castrating men in his kitchen, including one who died
- The defendant claimed several men paid him money for torturing them and removing their testicles after contacting him via sadomasochistic websites
- He denied responsibility for the death of one man who died several days after he had performed a procedure on him, and whose body was found in a box
A court in Germany on Tuesday convicted a 67-year-old electrician of aggravated, dangerous and simple assault for removing the testicles of several men at their request, causing one person to die.
A Munich regional court sentenced the man to eight years and six months in prison. The defendant, whose name was not released for privacy reasons, had initially also been charged with murder by omission but prosecutors later dropped that charge.
The defendant had admitted during the trial to offering “castrations” on sadomasochistic websites and said several men paid him money for torturing them and removing their testicles.
During the trial, the man had told the court that he had performed these operations on his kitchen table in the town of Markt Schwaben, telling his victims that he was a trained medical professional.
The defendant told the court that he castrated or partially amputated the genitals of eight men between July 2018 and March 2020. But he denied responsibility for the death of one man, who died several days after the defendant had performed a procedure on him.