The trial was the first of its kind in Ireland and was the subject of an RTÉ documentary late last year.

Lawyers for the parents, who cannot be identified to protect the identity of the child, said examinations of the child since their first trial have proven that the girl was not subjected to FGM at all.

The interpreter was involved in the 2019 trial of a couple convicted of and imprisoned for the female genital mutilation of their young daughter.