UK solicitor cleared of forcing daughter to undergo FGM

Case is second FGM prosecution brought to court in UK, both of which have resulted in acquittals

A solicitor has been cleared of using female genital mutilation as a punishment against his daughter.

The defendant, of west African origin, was accused of beating his children and organising for his nine-year-old girl to undergo FGM.

Continue reading... March 22, 2018 at 07:49PM