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Mohammad Siddiqui

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Siddiqui had no adequate means of anaesthesia, so he caused his victims extreme [[pain]].<ref name="prosser2024" />
"Although he lost his license to practise medicine, he continued to perform [[circumcision]] on young boys. Siddiqui of Anchor Crescent, Birmingham, admitted twelve counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, eight counts of wrongly administrating a prescription only medicine, and five counts of cruelty to a person under sixteen." The charges relate to 21 boys and date between 5 April 2014 and 31 January 2019.<ref name="prosser2024" />
 
Sidiqui will be sentenced by Judge Noel Lucas of Southwark Crown Court on 14 January 2025.<ref name="prosser2024" />
 
In an important precedent, Judge Sir James Mumby ruled that male [[circumcision]] is [[MGM| male genital mutilation]] and causes "significant harm."<ref>Re B and G (Children) (No 2) [2015] EWFC 3, [2015].</ref>
 
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* [[Re B and G (children) (No 2) EWFC 3]]
* [[United Kingdom]]
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[[Category:Person]]
[[Category:Male]]
[[Category:Physician]]
[[Category:Circumcision]]
[[Category:Muslim]]
 
[[Category:UK]]
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