A grandmother who was stripped of her British citizenship over fears she was an ISIS sympathiser has won a High Court battle that has sparked fear among ministers who believe dozens of jihadists will return to the UK.
The woman known only as D4, from the north of England, had her rights as a UK national revoked in 2019 over national security fears.
She had reportedly travelled to the Middle East to 'align with the so-called Islamic State' and she remains in the same camp in al-Roj, north east Syria that houses Shamima Begum.
High Court judges ruled Friday that the move to suspend her rights as a UK national was unlawful because the Home Office failed to inform her it was doing so, reports the Times.
Their legal verdict did not dispute the decision to remove her citizenship, rather the method of doing so.
Whitehall sources say that legal decision has sparked fresh fears among ministers that a new precedent could allow 'dozens' of jihadists to claim the right to return to the UK.
A senior minister reportedly described the ruling as 'nuts', while a second warned the move will open the prospect of 'national security risks' being sent back to the UK, according to the Times.
The woman known only as D4, from the north of England, had her rights as a UK national revoked in 2019 over national security fears. She now resides in the Al-Roj camp in north Syria (above), that also houses Shamima Begum
D4's citizenship was removed in December 2019, although her legal team say were not informed until October 2020 and had requested her repatriation.
The High Court's ruling said: ' You do not 'give' someone 'notice' of something by putting the notice in your desk drawer and locking it.
'The Home Secretary's failure to give notice of her decision to deprive D4 of her citizenship invalidates the order... D4 remains a British citizen.
'The judgment also refers to a case D4 was involved in at the Special Immigration Appeals
