A new duty under the Serious Crime Act 2015
This was a case that should never have been allowed to happen.
Doesn't a crime normally require evidence of motive, a ‘weapon’ and an opportunity, elements conspicuously absent in the 2019 #FGM trial. Was she convicted for being African? @cpsuk @pritipatel shiftingsands.org.uk/imprison…
@briandavidearp Thanks. I had concerns about this conviction from the outset and wrote about them here. shiftingsands.org.uk/maybe-ir…
Think the 2019 #FGM conviction delivered justice? Read this and re-consider. @cpsuk @barnardos @FGMCentre @SadiqKhan @BorisJohnson @DFID_UK @APPGPopDevRep shiftingsands.org.uk/injustic…
@ConHome @CharlotteCGill Surely that depends on the views they hold and will argue for?
Top down approaches don't work as this illustrates in regard to #FGM FGM in Sudan. @DFID_UK al-monitor.com/pulse/original…
