Case: Monika K. -

Case No:III-6 StS 3/22 - 1st Inst. Verdict – Final


Prosecuting Country: Germany
Nationality: German-Polish

Sentence

1st Instance:

3 years and 6 months imprisonment

Case Summary


Monika K., a German national, travelled to Syria where she joined ISIS in February 2014. She was married to several ISIS fighters in arow, and took care of the household for each of them. Together with her first husband, Monika K. lived in a house in Iraq, whose lawful owners had to flee from ISIS. Additionally, she spread ISIS propaganda online and collected financial donations for ISIS affiliates in Kurdish camps. On her way to Al-Hol camp, she was captured by Turkish forces in 2020 and placed in extradition detention until her return to Germany in March 2022, where she was arrested upon return. In August of the same year, she was indicted with war crimes and membership in a foreign terrorist organisations of which she was both found guilty in February 2023 and sentenced to 3 years and 6 months imprisonment, pursuant to juvenile justice, as the court deemed her to have been a not fully mature you adult for most of the time during which she committed the crimes.

Criminal Case Records


Indictment

9 August 2022
Core International Crimes Charges
  • 1 count of war crime of pillaging

Terrorism Charges
  • 2 counts of membership in a terrorist organisation

Verdict

1st Instance:

  • Core International Crimes
  • 1 count of war crime of pillaging

  • Terrorism Crimes
  • 2 counts of membership in a foreign terrorist organisation

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Defendant

Defendant

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Progress details

Progress details

Case status: 1st Inst. Verdict – Final

Verdict status: Conviction

Case details

Case details

Affiliated group: ISIS

Travelled to conflict zone: Yes

Prosecution

Prosecution

Special procedure: Juvenile Justice

Ground of jurisdiction: Active Personality

Sentencing Data


Mitigating Factors

  • No criminal record
  • Showed remorse
  • Confession
  • More than 2 years in Turkish extradition detention
  • Started deradicalisation programme in pre-trial detention and distanced herself from ISIS already in camps in NE Syria
  • Particular severity of pre-trial detention as a mother

Aggravating Factors

  • Long duration of membership and stay with ISIS
  • Commited crimes due to radical Islamist ideology

Evidence Used

  • Defendant's confession

Sources


Indictment – Press Release

1st Instance Verdict –Full Judgment