ONE in 20 women living in a south London borough were estimated to have been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM), shocking stats revealed today.

Figures collected by City University London and the human rights organisation Equality Now have shown how almost 5 per cent of women in Southwark have suffered under the procedure.

Estimates came from calculating the number of women in Britain who were born in countries where FGM is practiced, how common the practice is in those countries and where the victims live now.