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| Bristol FGM case against taxi driver father dropped | |
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| A father accused of allowing his six-year-old daughter to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) has been acquitted. | A father accused of allowing his six-year-old daughter to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) has been acquitted. |
| The 29-year-old taxi driver from Bristol is alleged to have confessed to a passenger that he had allowed her to be cut, saying it was a "tradition". | The 29-year-old taxi driver from Bristol is alleged to have confessed to a passenger that he had allowed her to be cut, saying it was a "tradition". |
| However, Judge Julian Lambert described the medical evidence as "wholly inconclusive at its highest". | However, Judge Julian Lambert described the medical evidence as "wholly inconclusive at its highest". |
| He instructed jurors at Bristol Crown Court to find the defendant not guilty. | He instructed jurors at Bristol Crown Court to find the defendant not guilty. |
| 'Taxi journey' | |
| The man, who cannot be identified to protect the child's identity, had been charged with cruelty on a child under the age of 16 - which he had denied. | |
| It was the crown's case an injury to the girl's genitalia was FGM. | |
| The court was told the case relied "largely, if not entirely upon, on an alleged admission made in a taxi journey". | |
| "There is no evidence put by the prosecution as to when or how any alleged mutilation is said to have taken place," Judge Lambert told the court. |