Practitioner accused of running ‘mobile circumcision unit’ faces trial next year

A practitioner accused of running a mobile circumcision service to perform ‘ritual’ operations on dozens of children will stand trial next year. Mohammad Siddiqui, 57, allegedly carried out the procedures for members of the Islamic and Christian community between 2015 and 2019, causing unnecessary pain and suffering. He travelled across the West Midlands to perform the dirty operations on boys as young as two days old, it is said. Siddiqui allegedly provided a prescription-only anaesthetic despite not being an appropriate…