Dale Bolinger, 57, was arrested at his home in Canterbury, Kent, last week along with an unidentified 30-year-old man for allegedly plotting the kidnap, rape and eating of women.
They were detained by detectives hunting the British 'mentor' of 'Cannibal Cop' Gilberto Valle who is on trial in New York for plotting to kidnap, cook and eat at least 100 women.
The FBI has accused Valle, 28, of plotting to kidnap two female victims with two 'Internet pals' – including one who used the screen names MoodyBlues and MeatMarketMan.
Sources in the US this week named father-of-two Mr Bolinger as 'MoodyBlues' who was arrested at his end-of-terrace home on Thursday, February 21.
In court in New York evidence was heard that MoodyBlues gave Valle advice on how to batter a woman with a baseball bat and tips on cannibalism in emails and on-line chats.
MoodyBlues was also alleged to have boasted how he once ate a black woman and a five-year-old boy.
US police believe the comments were a fantasy and never carried out, the court heard.
Today the nurse, who is separated from his disabled wife Rosemary, refused to comment on his arrest as he cycled from his home.
Mr Bolinger, who qualified as a nurse in 1979, has photographed himself with a pet snake around his neck for his profile on Facebook.
He lives with son Ricky Bolinger, 30, who describes himself as a poet and performing artist and who was also unavailable for comment.
Mr Bolinger's estranged wife Rosemary, 55, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, said she knew nothing of his arrest when approached.
- Mirror
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