Lisa Smith found not guilty of financing terrorism
Lisa Smith was found guilty of being a member of the unlawful terrorist group but acquitted of financing terrorismLisa Smith, 40, had pleaded not guilty to being a member of the group between 28 October 2015 and 1 December 2019.
Smith, who had converted to Islam, travelled to Syria after terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on Muslims to travel to the Islamic State. The prosecution said the court could not ignore that Smith travelled thousands of kilometres, knowing about the activities of the terrorist organisation that was "up to its neck in blood".
The defence said the prosecution did not show that Smith wanted to become a member of IS and was accepted by the organisation.
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