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EPISODE · Nov 23, 2021 · 28 MIN

'Body modification' on trial

from Law Report · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

In a precedent-setting case, a New South Wales judge has found self-proclaimed extreme body modification artist Brendan Leigh Russell guilty of female genital mutilation, grievous bodily harm, and manslaughter. Is consent a valid legal defence when cosmetic 'body modification' procedures go wrong?

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