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A trial for a couple accused of sending their daughters to Africa to undergo female genital mutilation has been abandoned.
Judge Craig Chowdhury discharged the jury at the Beenleigh District Court on Tuesday after the couple, who had been self-representing, requested legal advice.
The man and woman have been charged with two counts each of removing a child from Queensland for genital mutilation.
Laws banning female genital mutilation came into effect 18 years ago.