Couple are first to be convicted of female genital mutilation, court told

A married couple found guilty of the female genital mutilation of their daughter are the first in the country to be convicted of the offence, a court has heard.

On the eighth day of the trial, the jury returned unanimous verdicts of guilty on all counts after almost three hours of deliberations. Gardaí­ were notified and carried out a search of the accused’s family home. They seized the toy claimed to be responsible for inflicting the injury and no blood was found on the item following a forensic analysis.

The court heard that the victim and her two siblings are currently in the care of their mother’s eldest sister. Mr Fitzgerald said that in all respects, save for this act for which he has been convicted, his client had been a good, loving and caring father. He said there is no reason to believe his client is likely to be involved in criminality in the future.

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Does Ireland have any FGM clinics yet? UK has seventeen to cope with the barbarity or as it is described in this article a “cultural phenomenon.”

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