{"id":75342,"date":"2022-01-29T15:32:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T15:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=75342"},"modified":"2022-01-29T15:32:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T15:32:17","slug":"isis-bride-shamima-begum-could-return-to-uk-thanks-to-grooming-case-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=75342","title":{"rendered":"ISIS bride Shamima Begum ‘could return to UK’ thanks to grooming case victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"News Desk:<\/strong> A court ruling which saw a 16-year-old girl cleared of terrorism offences after being groomed could pave the way for Shamima Begum's return to the UK, it is claimed.<\/p>\n

This week a British schoolgirl had charges against her dropped after the Home Office ruled she had been exploited online.<\/p>\n

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The teenager had been accused of possessing instructions for homemade firearms and explosives, but the case was dropped after officials accepted she had been sexually exploited.<\/p>\n

It is claimed that the landmark ruling “strengthens” former ISIS bride Ms Begum's case to return to the UK.<\/p>\n

Ms Begum, 22, is currently al-Roj camp in Syria after she was stripped of her British citizenship having left the UK at the age of 15.
\nThe Londoner says she fears for her life after denouncing ISIS, and has pleaded to be allowed to return home.<\/p>\n

This week's case – which saw a Derbyshire teen cleared after it was established she was being exploited by an extremist from the US – could see others who have been groomed online treated in a more lenient manner, experts claim.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Hall QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said: “Being both a victim of modern slavery and presenting a risk to the general public are not incompatible.<\/p>\n

“If fewer criminal cases are going to be possible, this begs the question whether there are sufficient non-criminal justice measures in place, in particular to deal with the terrorist risk presented by children.”<\/p>\n

Tasnime Akunjee, who represents Ms Begum, said: “Shamima has been arguing this from the beginning.<\/p>\n

“This just strengthens her case.”
\nMs Begum has said she was groomed online before leaving the UK with friends Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana when she was 15.<\/p>\n

She fled the UK to join IS in 2015 and has now been barred from the country for life, according to then Home Secretary Sajid Javid.<\/p>\n

She says she wants to go on trial in the UK and accepts she may end up in prison.<\/p>\n

Ms Begum told Sky News last year that she didn't leave Britain because she hated it, but because she felt “very constricted”.
\nShe also hit back at claims she committed atrocities with IS, suggesting they were “all completely false”.<\/p>\n

“I'm willing to fight them in a court of law but I'm not being given a chance,” she said.<\/p>\n

She claims that she was groomed for “months and months” before she moved to Syria, and that she did not make the decision quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: A court ruling which saw a 16-year-old girl cleared of terrorism offences after being groomed could pave the way for Shamima Begum’s return to the UK, it is claimed. This week a British schoolgirl had charges against her dropped after the Home Office ruled she had been exploited online. The teenager had been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":75343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n