Lisa Smith charged with ISIS membership and terrorism financing

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Lisa Smith’s trial was scheduled to begin on 11 January 2022, and the Special Criminal Court allowed three prosecution witnesses to give evidence by video link. The court made the ruling at a hearing reported on 19 November 2021.

Smith is charged with membership of Islamic State and financing terrorism. The financing charge concerns an alleged €800 transfer sent by Western Union to a named man on 6 May 2015.

The court said travel from the United States and Australia was undesirable or not possible in the public health circumstances. Smith’s defence had objected to the application, citing concerns about video-link evidence.