(AAP) The “ostracised” wife of a terrorist recruiter is worried her landmark conviction for refusing to stand for a judge will affect her prospects of working with children, a Sydney court has heard.
Moutia Elzahed in Downing Centre Local Court has become the first person to be sentenced for the offence after it was found she deliberately and repeatedly failed to rise during a hearing in 2016.
The 50-year-old, who is married to jailed Islamic State extremist Hamdi Alqudsi, was on Wednesday convicted by magistrate Carolyn Huntsman and ordered to serve 75 hours of community service.
“What that behaviour did was communicate to everyone around … that the court was not deserving of respect,” the magistrate said.
