Lisa Smith pleaded not guilty to ISIS membership and terrorism financing

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Lisa Smith pleaded not guilty to ISIS membership and financing terrorism at the Special Criminal Court, reported on 25 January 2022.

The charges allege membership of Islamic State between 28 October 2015 and 1 December 2019, and financing terrorism by sending €800 to a named man on 6 May 2015. The report says the trial was expected to last 12 weeks.

On 27 January 2022, a woman who had lived with Smith in Syria testified that Smith had said she was determined to die a martyr. The witness also described Smith as excited to be in Syria and said Smith planned to marry a man she had met there.