![epa07381805 (FILE) - A handout photo made available by the London Metropolitan Police Service(MPS) on 20 February 2015 showing Shamima Begum at Gatwick Airport, England, 17 February 2015 (reissued 19 February 2019).
According to reports from 19 February 2019, Shamima Begum who went to Syria to join the jihadist militia Islamic State (IS) could lose her British citizenship as is a dual British-Bangladeshi national. Begum wants to return to Britain after fleeing to Syria to marry an IS fighter four years ago when she was 15. EPA/LONDON METROPLITAN POLICE / HAND HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES *** Local Caption *** 54984335](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/NVBSSPCCZHDACXOMRBSIUVEL7M.jpg?smart=true&auth=4b95ce97016b0aa9234cc6f4a4f06b90dd7db44b706358168cb87c96c9177dbd&width=400&height=225)
Shamima Begum wants to return to Britain after fleeing to Syria to marry an ISIS fighter when she was 15. EPA
Shamima Begum wants to return to Britain after fleeing to Syria to marry an ISIS fighter when she was 15. EPA
The place to try Shamima Begum is not in the court of public opinion
Colin Randall is a former executive editor of The National, and writes on the UK and France
26 February, 2023