2020-01-27 · Dublin
First conviction for female genital mutilation sees married couple jailed
A married couple has been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in the first FGM conviction in Irish history. The 37-year-old man and 27-year-old woman, who pleaded not guilty, were convicted by a jury of carrying out an act of FGM on their one-year-old daughter and child cruelty on September 16, 2016. Judge Elma Sheahan described the…