In Britain, a woman was sentenced for mutilating the genitals of a 3-year-old girl – News

In Great Britain, a woman accused of mutilating the genitals of a 3-year-old girl during a trip to Kenya 17 years ago was sentenced to 7 years in prison. Her actions were called “horrific and disgusting”.

40-year-old Amina Noor became the first person to be sentenced for facilitating female circumcision, writes the Telegraph.

The jury was told that the accused was born in Somalia and moved to Kenya when she was 8 years old. A civil war was going on in her native country at that time. At the age of 16, she came to the United Kingdom and later became a British citizen.

Testifying at the trial, Noor said she was threatened with “curses” and “renunciation” in her community if she did not help with the ceremony.

As it became known during the investigation, in 2006 Nur went to Kenya with the girl. She took the child to a private house, where her female genital organs were deliberately mutilated.

The crime became known only when the girl turned 16: she confided in her school English teacher.

An examination in 2019 revealed that the girl’s clitoris had been completely removed.

Justice Bryan said no woman should be ashamed to talk about what has been done to her genitalia without her consent.

“This is the first successful prosecution of its kind and I must condemn you for this truly heinous and heinous crime.

The law applies to everyone. Parliament outlawed any form of female genital mutilation“, the judge said.

During the review, the data of the United Nations Organization were announced, according to which

94% of women of Somali origin living in Kenya undergo this procedure.

“I hope today’s sentence acts as a deterrent to those who choose to harm children in this way. I cannot think of a more cruel act that could be committed against a three-year-old childDetective Andy Furfee said after the sentencing.

We will remind, scientists from the University of Birmingham analyzed data on the mortality of women in African countries, where more than 44 thousand women and young girls die every year. They named female circumcision as the most common reason – it is allowed in 5 out of 28 African countries.

In early 2024, 12-year-old Adamsay Sesay, 13-year-old Salamatu Jalloh and 17-year-old Kadiatu Bangura from Sierra Leone died during a ritual circumcision ceremony. The parents of the girls and the performers of the terrible “ritual” are in custody.