Australia news live: IS-linked woman charged with slavery offences loses bail bid

Woman with IS links loses bail bid A woman with IS links has been refused bail after a magistrate found she posed an unacceptable risk of endangering the community, AAP has reported. Zeinab Ahmad, 31, looked straight ahead as chief magistrate Lisa Hannan handed down her decision in Melbourne magistrates court on Wednesday. Ahmad was charged with slavery offences in May after returning to Australia with other family members of former Islamic State fighters. Previous court sketch of Zeinab Ahmad. Photograph: Anita Lester/AAP Image/AP Ahmad moved to Syria with her first husband, Dawod, in January 2015 and he became a member of Islamic State before he was killed in a drone strike in May 2016, the court was told. The judge found Ahmad’s application should be refused because there were no exceptional circumstances and the risk she posed to the community was unacceptable. Judge Hannan pointed to the lack of compelling evidence showing Ahmad had renounced IS or changed her beliefs.