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A mother has spoken of her horror after her baby son was allegedly circumcised without her consent while staying with his Muslim grandparents.

The Nottingham mother, who did not want to be named, said she was shocked to discover what had happened to her three-month-old, who had just come back from seeing his paternal grandparents.

She told the BBC: "I opened the nappy and I ended up having to leave the room because I felt hysterical.

"It was just awful really, it wasn't very nice, there was all blood there and stuff."

Despite raising the incident with social services and the police, she said it took an intervention from human rights lawyer Saimo Chahal before arrests were made.

The mother, who wants what happened to be viewed in the same way as female genital mutilation, claimed her son had suffered infections and his genitals often became sore since the July 2013 incident.

She said: “It's even illegal to dock dogs' tails. I've come home crying my eyes out thinking a dog has got more rights than my child.

"There's something seriously not right with it all. You can protect a dog, you can protect a girl, but not a boy."

Nottinghamshire Police have now arrested a 61-year-old man, believed to be a doctor, on suspicion of GBH with intent.

A man, 44, and 47-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit GBH. All three have been released pending investigation.