By Australian Associated Press
Published: 22:07 GMT, 13 February 2019 | Updated: 22:13 GMT, 13 February 2019
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A Queensland woman has been found guilty of arranging for her two daughters to have their genitals mutilated in Somalia.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denied she had taken the girls, then aged 12 and nine, to her birth nation in April 2015 to undergo the procedure.
She was convicted by a Brisbane District Court jury on Wednesday of two counts of removing a child from the state female genital mutilation (FGM).
A Somali-born QLD mother accused of arranging for her two daughters, nine and 12, to have their genitals mutilated, has been found guilty by a Brisbane District Court (stock image)
The jury deliberated for about 90 minutes before reaching their verdict.
The trial heard the woman, who had undergone a similar procedure as a girl, had her daughters endure FGM a few days after arriving in Somalia.
One of the girls was called inside from playing
