Tareena Shakil, a 26-year-old mother from Birmingham, was accused of taking her toddler to Syria, to join Islamic State. She described running away from Syria similar to escaping from “hell”.
During the interviews played at her trial, Tareena Shakil, who is originally from Staffordshire, mentioned how she had spotted the Turkish border and “just ran, ran, ran” with her toddler, until she found a military patrol who took her into custody.
In court, the prosecution showed messages where she allegedly told her friends that she was “happy as Larry” to be in Raqqa. However, she denied joining IS and encouraging acts of terrorism via the social media site Twitter.
The case continues at Birmingham Crown Court.
