A black mother is to go on trial for assault after using a box cutter and a pair of pliers to circumcise her three-month-old son

Keemonta Peterson told police that she had watched YouTube videos on how to carry out the surgical procedure. The mother-of-four left her baby son bleeding for two hours before finally calling emergency services. Peterson was arrested and charged with first and second degree assault. Her four children are being looked after by social workers and Peterson is to go on trial in June 2011.