(BBC) A former PhD student has been found guilty of conspiring to commit female genital mutilation (FGM) in what has been described as a “landmark case.”
Emad Kaky arranged for a young girl to travel from the UK to Iraq, where she would have been subjected to FGM and also forced into marriage.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the FGM conviction was the first of its kind in England and Wales.
Kaky, who lived in Nottingham at the time of the offences, was found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday.
The 47-year-old will be sentenced at the same court on 3 October.
