Female genital mutilation trial: 'This is not a dysfunctional family'

Defence counsel has told the trial of a couple accused of the female genital mutilation (FGM) of their daughter that this is not a dysfunctional family and there is no evidence of abuse.

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 FGM on a then one-year-old girl at an address in Dublin on September 16, 2016.