(ABC-Australia) A former Adelaide student found guilty of being a member of Islamic State (IS) has had her conviction overturned on appeal, despite the state’s chief justice accepting she had pledged allegiance to the terror group.
Zainab Abdirahman-Khalif was convicted at trial of knowingly being a member of IS, which the Court of Criminal Appeal on Thursday overturned.
Ms Abdirahman-Khalif, who is now 24, was detained at Adelaide Airport in July 2016 trying to board a plane to Turkey with just hand luggage and $180, but released without charge.
In May 2017, she was again arrested and charged by Australian Federal Police with “knowingly being a member of a terrorist organisation.”
