Woman guilty of handing over British child, 3, for female genital mutilation in Kenya
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A court heard the girl cried for the ‘whole night’ after the procedure.
By Amy-Clare Martin, Crime Correspondent
A British woman has been found guilty of handing over a three-year-old who was subjected to female genital mutilation in a legal first.
Jurors were told Amina Noor, 39, took the toddler, who cannot be named for legal reasons, to Kenya in 2006 where the procedure was carried out.
A court heard the girl, who was not told what would happen to her, cried for the ‘whole night’ after the procedure.
On Thursday, Noor was found guilty of assisting a person to mutilate a girl’s genitalia while outside the UK, contrary to the FGM Act of 2003, following a week-long trial at the Old Bailey. She was granted conditional bail and is due to be sentenced on 20 December.
Prosecutors have said the conviction, which is the first of its kind, sends a ‘clear message’ over the practice of FGM, which is ‘shrouded in secrecy’. Noor is also only the second person to be found guilty of any offence...
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