Court to rule on Shamima Begum appeal against citizenship removal

Judges to decide whether revoking citizenship of teenager who joined Islamic State was unlawful

Shamima Begum, who left the UK as a 15-year-old schoolgirl to join Islamic State is to find out whether her appeal against the removal of her UK citizenship has been successful.

Three court of appeal judges, including the chief justice, Sue Carr, will rule on Friday whether the home secretary’s revocation of her citizenship, on the basis that it was “conducive to the public good”, and the special immigration appeals commission’s (Siac) ruling to uphold his decision, were unlawful.