Lawyer cleared of punishing his daughter with FGM

An African lawyer accused of punishing his ten-year-old daughter by twice arranging for her to undergo female genital mutilation walked free after he was cleared of all charges. The dad-of-four, who cannot be named, was said to have recruited an amateur surgeon to cut the girl using a razor blade after accusing her of stealing money. The 50-year-old even ‘egged on’ the cutter as she cried out in pain during one ten-minute ordeal, the Old Bailey was told. But the…