General Article 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...

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