Circumcisor ‘used cream instead of anaesthetic’

A practitioner accused of running a mobile circumcision service used cream instead of proper anaesthetic,  a court heard. Mohammad Siddiqui, 54, allegedly carried out the procedures for members of the Islamic and Christian community between 2015 and 2019, causing unnecessary pain and suffering. He allegedly travelled across the West Midlands to perform the dirty operations on boys as young as two days old. Siddique is said to have provided the boys a prescription-only anaesthetic despite not being an appropriate practitioner,…