Child was taken from London to Africa for procedure and confided in secondary school teacher years later
A woman has been convicted of assisting in the mutilation of the genitals of a three-year-old British girl after claiming she would be “cursed” if she objected.
Amina Noor, 39, from London, took the girl for the procedure in Africa. She told the Old Bailey she would have been “disowned” by community members if she did not take part.
The victim kept the mutilation secret for 13 years until confiding in her English teacher at a London secondary school. An examination by doctors at University College London found that the girl’s clitoris had been completely removed.
