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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 non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] on young boys. The [https://www.cps.gov.uk/ Crown Prosecution Service] brought numerous circumcision-related criminal charges against Siddiqui.<ref name="cps2024">{{REFweb |title=A former surgeon found guilty of causing harm during multiple male circumcision operations |url=https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/former-surgeon-found-guilty-causing-harm-during-multiple-male-circumcision-operations |archived= |trans-title= |language= |publisher=Crown Prosecution Service |website= |date=2024-10-31 |accessdate=2024-11-01 |format= |quote=He showed a complete disregard for the impact of his actions on his victims, families, and communities. We hope that this conviction offers some comfort in seeing Siddiqui being brought to justice.}}</ref> "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 is alleged to have used a "rusty medical tool" and the [[Circumstraint]] infant immobiliser device that is considered unacceptable in practice by the National Health Service.<ref name="evans2024">{{REFnews