Ms Smith is accused of joining Islamic State, also known as Isis, in 2015 and of helping to finance the group. According to the prosecution, which its made opening speech in the Special Criminal Court trial on Tuesday, she enveloped herself in the “black flag of the Islamic State”.
She said they discussed religion and recalled Ms Smith expressing a wish to go somewhere where people held the same Muslim faith. However, Ms McCartney said she did not know Ms Smith wanted to go to Syria. Ms Smith would “go hell for leather on things” which would then fizzle out, Ms McCartney said. She said she assumed this would also occur with her conversion to Islam in 2011.
The trial began with an detailed opening speech by prosecution counsel Sean Gillane SC. He said the concept of “hijrah”, which in this context meant showing loyalty to the Islamic State by emigrating to its territory, is central to the prosecution case. He said the trial will hear evidence concerning the “personal history of accused and looking at the wider social and political history of Middle East and Iraq.”
In October 2012, she met a man online who was living in Egypt with his wife. They communicated via the Facebook messaging service and he appeared to mentor her on Islamic faith and texts, counsel said. In October 2012, Ms Smith made a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. At one point she married a Tunisian male who was a member of a militant group in his country.At another point, one of the men who was mentoring her in Islam was injured in the Middle East and Ms Smith tried to wire €800 to aid in his rehabilitation, counsel said.
Wanted to belong to the World most brutal and viocious organisation to take part in crimes against humanity and war crimes?
Dope
Squash club? Cookery classes? Ballroom dancing? Nah, I’ll have a bit of that Stone Age radical extremist group that like chopping peoples heads off for exercising basic human rights.
Why didn't she join a dance class or something so.
So no mention of what the prosecution said.... There is an imbalance in this report.
What a waste of Tax payers Money
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Who does this one think she’s fooling!
Behave, she was not a young girl, she knew what those people were up to.
All criminals in Ireland, always something. If this was a different country she wouldn’t walk proud on the streets
As ex defence force she should be charged with treason.
He was just 'playing PlayStation and going on bike rides'
Another bleeding heart story.. No doubt some man is to blame.
What a club go to Syria live with a beheading scumbag come home and think all is ok 🤣
Ah who doesn't remember that time they wanted to belong so they joined an international extremist terrorist group that blows people up, beheads them or just drives trucks into crowded streets, ah that takes me back
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If she wanted to be along she could have moved to Leitrim!, not join isis 🧕🏻🗡🥴 lock her up and keep the rest of us safe.
Joining ISIS is certainly an interesting way of meeting new friends. Usually people would join the local ICA branch or GAA club or book club. Different strokes for different folks.
I hope the DPP has her former OC lined up to with her service record to counter that tripe
And of all the options available she chose beheaders.
Correct, like many thousands of women and children indoctrinated and used by Sinn Fein/PIRA...
We all want to belong but we all don't join isis to bloody do so.
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