Genital mutilation case lawyer charged with two counts of perverting the course of justice A LAWYER involved in an alleged female genital mutilation case will face court today charged with two counts of perverting the course of justice. Detectives from the Sex Crimes Squad and attached to Strike Force Longfield arrested the solicitor at his office in Sydney's inner west. The strike force was set up to investigation claims two young girls had the procedure, also known as female circumcision, performed on them when they were aged six and seven. Eight people remain before the court after being arrested by detectives last year. Findings are yet to be handed down in those cases The lawyer has been charged with two counts of do act with intent to pervert the course of justice. He was granted conditional bail and will appear at Parramatta Local Court next week.