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A mortuary technician who shared an image of a dissected human skull on social media and discussed the merits of cannibalism and eating human tissue has been stripped of his medical registration.

The man, whose name is suppressed, made numerous inappropriate comments on Discord and Instagram while working as a forensic pathology (mortuary) technician and was in training to conduct autopsies on homicide victims.

β€œWhen we have burn victims. They smell so good sometimes,” he commented on one post, while in another, he bragged about having decapitated someone.

He also engaged in online conversations about sexualising and abusing children, drug use and making explosives.

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