A British doctor performed female genital mutilation on a young mother after she gave birth in hospital

Dr Dhanuson Dharmasena arriving at Southwark Crown Court

A British doctor performed female genital mutilation on a young mother after she gave birth in hospital, a court has heard.

Dhanuson Dharmasena, 32, is accused of carrying out the illegal procedure at the Whittington Hospital in north London.

The junior registrar, of Ilford, Essex, denies the charge in what is the first prosecution of its kind in the UK.

A second man, Hasan Mohamed, 41, denies encouraging and abetting the offence.

Female genital mutilation, often abbreviated to FGM and also known as female circumcision, involves procedures that include the partial or total removal of the external female genital organs for cultural or other non-medical reasons.

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It is practised in 29 countries in Africa and some countries in Asia and the Middle East, but is illegal in the UK.