(BBC) A woman has appeared at the Old Bailey accused of handing over a three-year-old British girl for female genital mutilation (FGM) in Kenya.
Amina Noor, 39, is charged with assisting a non-UK person to mutilate the girl’s genitalia in 2006.
The alleged crime came to light when the complainant, who is now 21, confided in her English teacher at school when she was 16.
Ms Noor, from Harrow, north-west London, denies the charge.
Opening the trial, prosecutor Deanna Heer KC told the court that when Ms Noor was spoken to about what had happened she said the procedure had involved an injection and the girl was “happy and able to run around and play” afterwards.
