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A husband and wife accused of sending their daughters to Africa to undergo genital mutilation have pleaded not guilty to the charge in a Queensland court.
The trial for the couple, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, began at Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Monday, with each facing two counts of removing a child from Queensland for genital mutilation.
It's the first instance of a criminal case reaching the state's courts under laws that came into effect 18 years ago banning female genital mutilation.