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A Warwickshire man encouraged his 10-year-old son to flog himself during a centuries-old Muslim ceremony, a court heard.
Jurors found the 47-year-old guilty of being cruel to a child after they heard the youngster, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was allowed to beat himself at a mosque in Birmingham.
His father, who also took part in the ceremony, was given a suspended jail term.
Prosecutors said the man, who works as a taxi driver and lives in Rugby, was the second Muslim to be convicted of cruelty as a result of allowing a boy to take part in the Matam Zanjeer ceremony.