Spotlight
Court of Protection Practice 2024
'Court of Protection Practice goes from strength to strength, having...
Jackson's Matrimonial Finance Tenth Edition
Jackson's Matrimonial Finance is an authoritative specialist text...
Spotlight
Latest articlesrss feeds
A seismic change in ethos and practice
Caroline Bowden, a member of the Private Family Law Early Resolution Working Group which first examined what changes were needed, looks at the effect of the revised rules on everyone working in family...
Debunking the myth about sensitivity in drug and alcohol testing
*** SPONSORED CONTENT***With all the news about deep fakes, authentication and transparency in the news at the moment, Cansford Laboratories Reporting Scientist Jayne Hazon has examined a recent...
New Family Presiding Judges Appointed
The Lady Chief Justice, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, has announced the appointment of two Family Presiding Judges.Mr Justice MacDonald has been appointed for a period of four years,...
Victims given greater access to justice through legal aid reform
Innocent people who have suffered miscarriages of justice, personal harm or injury are among those who will benefit from upcoming changes to legal aid means testing coming into effect this...
Obligations and responsibilities – the mosquito in the bedroom
Stephen Wildblood KC, 3PB BarristersLuke Nelson, 3PB BarristersWhatever happened to ‘obligations and responsibilities’ in s 25(2) MCA 1973?  Why is it that all of the other words in...
View all articles
Authors

Ireland's first FGM trial finds parents guilty

Dec 6, 2019, 11:36 AM
Title : Ireland's first FGM trial finds parents guilty
Slug :
Meta Keywords :
Canonical URL :
Trending Article : No
Prioritise In Trending Articles : No
Check Copyright Text : No
Date : Dec 6, 2019, 11:34 AM
Article ID :

A jury in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has found a couple guilty of the female genital mutilation (FGM) of their then one year old daughter.

The couple pleaded not guilty to one count of carrying out an act of FGM address in Dublin on September 16th, 2016. They also pleaded not guilty to one count of child cruelty on the same day.


The man (37) and woman (27) h originally from an African nation but cannot be named to protect the identity of the child.

On the 8th day of the trial, the jury returned unanimous verdicts of guilty on all counts after three hours of deliberations.

Judge Elma Sheahan thanked the jury members for their care and attention in what she said was a difficult case.

The court heard the couple’s three children, including the victim in this case, are in the care of the woman’s sister.

 

Categories :
  • News
Tags :
  • FGM
Authors
Provider :
Product Bucket : Children (Public)
Load more comments
Comment by from