NICOLA Sturgeon has called for the Home Office to intervene to stop a domestic abuse victim’s family being deported amid genital mutilation fears for the woman’s three year old daughter.

The First Minister gave her support after the case was raised yesterday with the Prime Minister by the SNP MP Hannah Bardell.

Speaking in the Commons, Bardell described the abuse one of her Livingston constituents had suffered at the hands of her estranged husband, including her face being “smashed with an iPad”, for refusing the genital mutilation of her little girl.

She warned the child will be subject to female genital mutilation if the UK Government fails to stop the family being deported.

Bardell said: “Her face smashed with an iPad, her body beaten and forced to abort a baby girl.

“This is only some of the domestic abuse my constituent Lola has faced by her estranged husband because she has refused the genital mutilation of her daughter.

“Lola is educated, has a mortgage and had a good job with RBS until the Home Office revoked her right to work.

“I have been writing to the Home Office since March and have got nowhere.

“So will the Prime Minister intervene to stop this family being deported and this three-year-old girl being subject to female genital mutilation?”

Responding to Bardell’s intervention, the First Minister tweeted: “Hope the Home Office intervenes to help this wee girl and her mum. I know @HannahB4LiviMP will do everything she can to fight their cause.”

In the Commons May said Home Secretary Amber Rudd was present to hear the case raised, adding that the “abhorrent” practice of FGM will not be accepted in the UK. But the PM stopped short of offering her personal guarantee to take action to help Bardell’s constituent.

She said: “The Home Secretary has heard the case you have set out here today.

“The issue of female genital mutilation is one on which I think we’re all agreed across this whole House – it’s an abhorrent activity, it should not be taking place.

“Great efforts have been made over recent years, both in terms of strengthening the law on female genital mutilation but also on getting information out about this issue and trying to support people in communities where there is a practice of FGM.

“I think the message has to go out from this House, we will not accept FGM in this country.”

In a statement Police Scotland said they were aware of the case and that “security measures” had been put in place for the woman.

A spokeswoman said: “Police Scotland has received a number of complaints of domestic abuse from a 29-year-old woman residing in the Livingston area.

“The first complaint was received by police on 24th January 2016. Officers investigated the matter and a man was detained and later released without charge due to insufficient evidence. “A 38-year-old man was reported to the Procurator Fiscal in relation an incident that occurred on 13th February 2016. He appeared at Livingston Sheriff Court on 15th February 2016.

“A further domestic incident was reported on 30th August 2016. This matter will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal for consideration.”

“Appropriate advice has been given to the victim throughout and security measures have been put in place. The victim has also been referred to our partner agencies in West Lothian.”

Medics and human rights groups estimate there are 66,000 victims of FGM in the UK and more than 24,000 girls under 15 are at risk. Girls are often taken abroad to undergo the procedure, which has been illegal in Scotland since 1985.