Sir Mark Rowley, former head of UK counter-terrorism policing, told LBC before he became Met Chief that he backed the decision to keep Shamima Begum out of the country.
The report suggested that detainees in camps, such as Begum, that remain detained without charge will only become more resentful towards Britain, “suffering from malnutrition and lack of health services, becoming further psychologically damaged each day”, The Telegraph reported.
Last year Sir Mark Rowley said intelligence seen by the then Home Secretary "painted a different picture" as to the degree of her involvement and it was right she was kept out of the country.
"And I'm struck... we've had attacks in the UK and in New Zealand where people have been released from prison, and then managed to con the authorities that they're reformed characters, and I think we should highly sceptical about this. He said it was obvious from what then Home Secretary Sajid Javid - who made the decision - said, that she was "not telling the whole truth".He continued: "There was intelligence in front of him that painted a very different picture to the degree of her involvement to what she's pretending now.
Asked if he'd seen the intelligence himself, Sir Mark chuckled: "I saw lots of things in my role that I'm sort of not allowed to talk about."Begum's appeal concludes today.
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