(RTÉ) Former member of the Defence Forces Lisa Smith led a “totally anonymous” life while living in Syria and there was no “smoking gun” that she did anything for the so-called Islamic State, her lawyer has told the Court of Appeal.
Smith, 43, from Dundalk, Co Louth, was found guilty of IS membership in 2023 but was cleared of financing terrorism after a nine-week trial at Dublin’s Special Criminal Court.
She is appealing her conviction for being a member of the unlawful organisation, IS.
Smith, a convert to Islam, went to Syria in 2015 after terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on Muslims to travel to the country.
She had pleaded not guilty to charges of membership of IS and providing funds to benefit the group.
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