37-year-old man and 27-year-old woman jailed for FGM

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A 37-year-old man and 27-year-old woman were jailed for female genital mutilation at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, as reported on 27 January 2020. The couple were convicted of carrying out FGM on their then one-year-old daughter in Dublin.

The man received five and a half years in prison, while the woman was sentenced to four years and nine months. Both had denied the charges, which also included child cruelty, before a jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts.