Surgeon tells trial of couple accused of genital mutilation of daughter, 1, injury did not match father's explanation

A paediatric surgeon has told the trial of a couple accused of the female genital mutilation of their daughter that the injury he saw did not match the father's explanation of how the injury occurred.

The couple, who cannot be named for legal reasons, both pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one count of carrying out an act of female genital mutilation on a girl at an address in Dublin on September 16, 2016.