Mum becomes first in Britain to be jailed for FGM after cutting three-year-old daughter
When she spoke to cops, the girl - now aged five - said she was pinned down while a woman mutilated her during the 2017 summer bank holiday.
The Ugandan mum was today jailed for 11 years at the Old Bailey after being convicted last month in a legal first for the UK. FGM is usually carried out on girls between infancy and the age of 15, most commonly before puberty starts. Prosecutor Caroline Carberry QC said the mother had an interest in witchcraft and targeted social workers, police then-Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders."I freeze your mouth, don’t ever talk about me, shut up shut up shut up”"To everyone who I don't know who talk about I have freezed u mouths"The two-page "court spell" document featured the names of her children and others involved in her case.
Detective Chief Inspector Ian Baker of the Child Abuse and Sexual Offences Command, said: “This was a complex, sensitive investigation with a harrowing crime committed by this defendant.
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