Runaway German schoolgirl Linda Wenzel jailed in Iraq

Teenager fled abroad to become an Isis bride at 15 after being groomed online

German IS Girl, Linda Wenzel
Linda Wenzel was captured by Iraqi forces last year
(Image credit: Source: Twitter)

A German schoolgirl who ran away to become an Isis bride has been sentenced to six years in prison by an Iraqi court following her arrest during the battle for Mosul.

Linda Wenzel - who sobbed in a television interview last year that she had ruined her life - was too young to receive the death penalty, The Times reports.

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