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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43503416

A father has been found not guilty of organising for his nine-year-old daughter to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) to punish her.
The 50-year-old man, of south London, had been accused of twice arranging for someone to cut the girl with a razor as she lay on a mat in the hallway.
He was also acquitted of five other charges at the Old Bailey, including child cruelty and wounding with intent.
The man, originally from West Africa, had denied all of the accusations.
The case is only the second FGM prosecution brought to court in the UK, both of which led to acquittals.

This feels like such a miscarriage of justice to me on behalf of the child. Someone did this to her in her own home and the finger surely points at the parents first.

I don't think it matters if it was a punishment or cultural/religious. It needs to be stopped and prosecuted fiercely. Cutting a child's genitals is horrendous, no exception, no excuses.

Adding this link too because it is a national scandal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37364079