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A London-based doctor and a second man are to be prosecuted for female genital mutilation (FGM) in the first case of its kind in Britain.
Dr Dhanoun Dharmasena, from the Whittington Hospital in London, and Hasan Mohamed, who is not a medic, are to face the first charges brought under the 2003 FGM Act, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said yesterday.
Dr Dharmasena is alleged to have carried out the procedure on a woman who had given birth in November 2012 and that Mr Mohamed encouraged and helped him.
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
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