GP accused of being involved in female genital mutilation fails to have charges thrown out

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BMJ. 2014 May 18;348:g3363. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g3363.

GP accused of being involved in female genital mutilation fails to have charges thrown out.

Dyer C.

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A GP caught in a newspaper sting over female genital mutilation has failed in a bid to have General Medical Council charges against him thrown out on the ground of entrapment.

Ali Mao-Aweys faces an allegation that he offered to help arrange for the procedure to be done on a child or children in the United Kingdom, in meetings and a telephone conversation with an …

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