UK: Nurse who killed baby after circumcising him with scissors is banned from nursing

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'A nurse who let a three-and-a-half week baby bleed to death after carrying out a circumcision using just scissors, forceps and olive oil has been banned from practising in the UK.

Grace Adeleye, 67, performed the dangerous African treatment known as a 'clamp and cut' on Goodluck Caubergs for a fee of £100 at the baby's home in Chadderton, Greater Manchester.

A Nursing and Midwifery Council panel heard that Adeleye carried out the circumcision at around 5pm on April 16 2010 and that Goodluck was still bleeding at 7am the following morning.

Adeleye had reassured the baby's parents, whom she had been put in touch with by a mutual friend, that the bleeding was slowing.

But Goodluck was eventually taken to the Royal Oldham Hospital later that morning where he died shortly after arrival.
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Adeleye had previously received a 21-month jail term suspended for two years at Manchester Crown Court and quickly announced she would be retiring from nursing.

The court heard the nurse had performed thousands of similar procedures with each one costing £100 as she operated from a mobile clinic.'

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"The court heard the nurse had performed thousands of similar procedures with each one costing £100 as she operated from a mobile clinic."

On what planet is a 22 month suspended sentence is sufficient punishment for this? I've noticed that the British "justice" system has a very conspicuous apathy when it comes to crimes of genital mutilation against males.

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