School and police ‘missed opportunities’ to stop Shamima Begum joining Isis
School and police ‘missed opportunities’ to stop Shamima Begum joining Isis
Questions should have been asked whether ‘steps could and should have been taken’ by authorities (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)
Shamima Begum’s school and the police both ‘missed opportunities’ before the then-schoolgirl travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS), a court has heard.
Lawyers for the 23-year-old said yesterday there was ‘overwhelming evidence’ she was groomed by recruiters and…