Shemima Begum.

She won’t face any music though if she comes back, because it’ll be deemed she was a child who was trafficked.
She has two more courts to appeal to, The Supreme Court and if that fails, the ECHR. No doubt that will give her back to us. She’s already cost us millions in legal aid and will cost us millions more with the two further appeals. If she comes back she’ll be housed and given benefits because no one will want to employ her I expect.
I for one, don’t want her back. Especially at this difficult time with so much angst in the country with the situation over Gaza.

I feel the same as GrannyGravy she is our problem and we should deal with her. Whether or not she would become a "celebrity" is beside the point.
We can't just outsource our own problems on to other countries because we can't decide what to do.

Me too GrannyGravy13 - exactly that.

And at 15 she was not an adult.

She was a young woman of 15-16, right at the age when they are most impressionable and willing to take risks that in retrospect they will come to regret. Most get away without it being so serious or frankly appalling.

Begum is a child of the U.K. and as such is our responsibility.

The authorities should deal with her as they think fit.

GrannyGravy13

When I first heard that Miss Begum wanted to return to the U.K. my immediate reaction was to leave her wherever she was.

After much soul searching I came to the conclusion that she is our (the U.K.’s) problem, she should come back and face the music.

I fear if she did she would end up being a “celebrity”.

When I first heard that Miss Begum wanted to return to the U.K. my immediate reaction was to leave her wherever she was.

After much soul searching I came to the conclusion that she is our (the U.K.’s) problem, she should come back and face the music.

Oh, not her again.