MustardYellow
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You would imagine (or hope!) that there's been an investigation into her current ties to ISIS. Ie, is she still in contact or connected to them or anyone associated with them in any way. If she isn't, then that becomes a big problem for the Government and CPS if she comes back - it would be very difficult to prove she is still an active threat. Her defence would paint it up as a disenfranchised young muslim girl groomed by older manipulative men who wanted to exploit and brainwash her. She realised her mistakes, cut all ties with any terror organisation and wants to return home to her family.Yes, this is what I was thinking. If the most serious crime was joining a terrorist organisation.....as a 15 year old, then as you say, I can't think that the punishment would be all that draconian, especially when you take mitigating factors into consideration.
Those mitigating factors being that the courts have already established in earlier rulings that there was "credible suspicion" that she was groomed and trafficked to Syria for sexual exploitation. The court also found that there were “arguable breaches of duty” by state authorities in having allowed her to make the journey to Syria.
So all in all, not that much to throw at her and she then becomes a life long problem for the state.
A lot of people are forgetting that (rightly) the justice system should be based on fact and proof, rather than 'might be's' and 'could's'.