Mother charged with forcing daughter to undergo female genital mutilation in first case of its kind in the US wants wants her ankle monitor removed because it irritates her skin
Michigan mother charged with forcing her daughter to have her genitals cut wants her ankle monitor removed claiming it irritates her skin
The Oakland County mother has not been publicly named to protect the identity of her minor daughter
In the documents filed by her attorney, Brian Legghio, the woman argues that the ankle monitor 'serves no practical purpose'
The mother's case also involves eight defendants, including two doctors, a physician's wife and four other mothers
All accused of participating in subjecting young girls to cut their genitals as part of a religious practice within their Indian Muslim sect - the Dawoodi Bohra
The trial for all eight defendants is set to begin in June
By Regina F. Graham For Dailymail.com
Published: 00:38 EDT, 26 October 2017 | Updated: 12:47 EDT, 26 October 2017
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