Married couple become first in the country to be convicted of female genital mutiliation

A married couple convicted of the female genital mutilation (FGM) of their daughter are the first in the country to be convicted of the offence, a court has heard.

The couple 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.