A nurse found guilty of the manslaughter of a baby who died after a botched home circumcision has been struck off.
Grace Ebun Adeleye, 67, carried out the procedure on three-week-old Goodluck Caubergs, in Chadderton, Oldham, using a pair of scissors, forceps and olive oil.
The boy later died at the Royal Oldham Hospital from blood loss.
Adeleye, 67, of Sarnia Court, Salford, was found guilty of a single count of manslaughter in December last year after a trial at Manchester Crown Court.
She was jailed for 21 months, suspended for two years.
Adeleye, who also worked as a midwife, has now been barred from ever practising in the UK after a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) hearing.
It is understood Adeleye, who said after being sentenced she would retire from the profession, did not attend the hearing in London.
The ‘striking-off order’ imposed prevents her from ever working as a nurse in this country and takes effect immediately.
Adeleye, who is originally from Nigeria, was paid £100 to carry out the circumcision by the youngster’s parents Sylvia Attiko and Olajunti Fatunla, who are also from Nigeria.
The court was told Goodluck’s parents were not aware the procedure was available on the NHS.
The Royal Oldham Hospital was just a mile and a half from the family home but by the time an ambulance was called, the infant could not be saved.
Giving evidence, Adeleye told the court that she had carried out ‘more than a thousand’ similar circumcisions without a problem and used a traditional ‘clamp and cut’ method without any painkillers.
Goodluck was born on March 22 2010 at Rochdale Infirmary and died on April 17. Adeleye was found guilty of his manslaughter by a majority verdict of 10 to two.
The panel at the NMC hearing ruled Adeleye’s fitness to practice had been impaired and said she ‘continued to present a risk of harm’.
In a judgement statement, the NMC said: “Ms Adeleye’s actions resulted in the death of a baby.
“She has provided the panel with no evidence of insight or remediation and, as such, the panel cannot be confident that there would not be a repetition of her actions.”
