A judge has sentenced a 37-year-old Ugandan woman to 11 years in jail for performing female genital mutilation on her three-year-old daughter, the UK's Press Association news agency reports
The defendant was found guilty of the"barbaric" practice last month, becoming the first person to be convicted of the offense in the UK.In sentencing at London's Old Bailey criminal court Friday, Judge Mrs Justice Whipple handed down an 11-year jail term and a further two years for possession of indecent images and extreme pornography."FGM has long been against the law and let's be clear FGM is a form of child abuse," PA reported the judge as saying.
"Female genital mutilation blamed for death of 10-year-old girl in Sierra Leone In February, the Central Criminal Court confirmed to CNN that a 37-year-old Ugandan woman from Walthamstow, London was found guilty of performing FGM on her daughter in summer 2017.The mother wept in court when the verdict was announced, PA reported, while her partner, 43, from Ghana, was acquitted of all charges.
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