10:54 EDT, 7 January 2021
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An alleged unlicensed surgeon appeared in court today accused of running a mobile circumcision service to perform ritual operations on dozens of Muslim and Christian children as young as two days old, a court has heard.
Mohammad Siddiqui, 54, allegedly carried out the procedures without a licence across the West Midlands between 2015 and 2019, causing unnecessary pain and suffering.
Siddiqui is said to have provided the boys a prescription-only anaesthetic despite not being an appropriate practitioner, and sometimes used creams instead, causing the boys unnecessary pain.
He allegedly used a technique called the plastibell procedure not suitable for children under the age of 12.