It seems Shamima Begum is likely to have her wish to live back in the UK after all – as a criminal serving a prison sentence for terror crimes.
The Home Office announced its disappointment that the Court of Appeal had allowed her to come home to beg for the return of her UK citizenship, and said it would appeal against the ruling.
Well, it seems someone has come up with this in the meantime.
Interestingly, a (non-scientific) poll of This Site’s readers has shown (at the time of writing) that roughly three-fifths of those who voted favoured returning her citizenship, against 40 per cent who did not.
So it seems she may have her citizenship restored – only to spend the next few years enjoying it in a prison cell.
Here’s LBC:
Richard Walton, who led Scotland Yard’s counter terrorism unit between 2011 and 2016, said that Shamima, now 20, who fled the UK as a schoolgirl to join IS in Syria, is likely to face arrest and a subsequent terror trial if she takes up the opportunity to return to the UK.
Mr Walton said he believes the appeal court had made a mistake in its judgement yesterday and that the ruling “undermines” the ability of elected officials to keep the public safe.
Mr Walton said: “I think the court of appeal has made a profound mistake. It will set a dangerous precedent.
“Frankly it is alarming to see the court of appeal taking over the Home Secretary’s responsibility of who should be allowed in the UK.
“It has opened the door for her return to Britain and has undermined a statutory power of parliament.
“She is highly likely to be arrested… but it is almost impossible to gather sufficient evidence from war zones.”
It seems to This Writer that, if Ms Begum is indeed arrested on her arrival in the UK, then it presents an opportunity for our security forces.
As a commenter on This Site’s previous story wrote: “If she was a child that was groomed, as some are saying, then we need to know who has been doing the grooming.”
Exactly. Let’s find out who has been encouraging teenagers to betray their country, track them down and bring them to justice.
I think that should be something we can all support.
Source: Isis bride Shamima Begum ‘highly likely’ to face arrest on her return to UK – LBC News
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