A pharmacist who posed as the mother of an 11-month-old boy
so he could be circumcised without his parents’ consent has been spared
jail.
Martina Obi-Uzom, was entrusted to look after the child
while his parents were away over the weekend of September 2 to 3, 2017.
She used the opportunity to travel to London and employ the
skills of a mohel –trained in the practice of circumcision – to get the child
circumcised, determined he conform to her Nigerian Christian beliefs.
Judge Newbery said: “You have a Christian belief in
circumcision that has great cultural and religious significance to you.
I accept your intention in your mind wasn’t to harm the boy
and you are a woman of impeccable character” (despite kidnapping and mutilating
a child).
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