Mother, 23, admits to planning the genital mutilation of her newborn daughter – after taking the TWO WEEK old baby to a doctor with a woman, 50, and asking him to perform the procedure
- The girl’s mum and another woman asked a doctor to perform the illegal surgery
- The doctor refused and instead informed the police of the pair’s plan
- The pair only plead guilty to planning the procedure because it didn’t eventuate
- The women are on bail with conditions and face up to ten years behind bars
Two women face up to ten years behind bars after planning the genital mutilation of a newborn baby girl.
In January, the girl’s mother Sarah Lightbody, 23, and another woman, Noridah Binte Mohd, 50, asked a Perth doctor to perform the illegal ‘female cutting’ surgery on the two-week-old.
The doctor refused and informed the police of the pair’s plan.
Just days earlier, Lightbody posted a photo to social media of her hugging her daughter.
In January, the girl’s mother Sarah Lightbody (pictured), 23, and Noridah Binte Mohd, 50, asked a Perth doctor to perform the illegal ‘female cutting’ surgery on the two-week-old
In Armadale Magistrates Court on Tuesday, the pair pleaded guilty to planning the procedure and nothing else because it didn’t eventuate, 7News reported.
Female genital mutilation is illegal in Australia and New Zealand and is in violation of international human rights laws.
More than 200million women and girls have been subjected to the inhumane procedure in the Middle East, Africa and Asian countries.
‘Practices which may be acceptable by some cultures and in some countries may constitute criminal offences in Western Australia,’ WA Police said after the women were arrested.
‘It is an offence to commit female genital mutilation in Western Australia.’
Their bail conditions have been extended and they will appear in the District Court in August.
In Armadale Magistrates Court on Tuesday, the pair plead guilty to planning the procedure and nothing else because it didn’t eventuate