A doctor with a practice in Birmingham has been struck off the medical register after he was found by a medical malpractice tribunal to have told an undercover reporter how to arrange female genital mutilation abroad for her two nieces.
A doctor with a practice in Birmingham has been struck off the medical register after he was found by a medical malpractice tribunal to have told an undercover reporter how to arrange female genital mutilation abroad for her two nieces.
FGM involves the partial removal of a girl's genitals for non-medical reasons and is illegal in this country. It is also illegal to carry it out on a British citizen abroad.
The tribunal said Dr Ali Mao-Aweys' misconduct was "at the extreme end of the spectrum of serious misconduct and was damaging to the public's trust and confidence in the profession."
It said he will be struck off the medical register with immediate effect. He has 28 days to appeal the decision.
Health and community workers say rules requiring all NHS hospitals to report cases of female genital mutilation are not good enough.
ITV News Central has been told girls from the UK are being taken abroad to be genitally mutilated - a practice which is against the law.
Here, female genital mutilation victims, working to end the practice, share their stories.