Lisa Smith, a stale Defence Forces member who denies membership of Islamic Convey (Isis), travelled to Turkey to become a student of a smartly-known Islamic convert who wrote Isis propaganda, the Special Felony Court docket has heard.
Michael O’Higgins SC, for Ms Smith, be taught out a message alternate in 2013 between his consumer and an American Islamic scholar John Georgelas, who used to be living in Egypt at the time.
Counsel said Mr Georgelas asked Ms Smith to commute to Egypt to glimpse below him and said he would pay her to lend a hand his partner, Tania Joya, derive their younger other folks.
Ms Smith answered: “I wouldn’t dream of accepting any money for having a search after your younger other folks. If I will earn the wait on of your recordsdata as your student that is presumably extra than adequate payment for me.”
Mr Georgelas left Egypt with Ms Joya and arranged to fulfill Ms Smith in Turkey.
Ms Joya, giving evidence for a 2nd day, told Mr O’Higgins that her husband used to be artful and manipulative and in 2013 used to be speaking with Ms Smith every day over the web.
She said he used to be a revered scholar who may perchance presumably well well “weigh down” other folks with his recordsdata of scripture. She told Sean Gillane SC, for the prosecution, that Georgelas wrote for magazines Dabiq and Rumiyah that publish Isis propaganda
Ms Smith (39), from Dundalk, Co Louth, has pleaded now not responsible to membership of an unlawful terrorist community, Islamic Convey, between October 28th, 2015 and December 1st, 2019. She has additionally pleaded now not responsible to financing terrorism by sending €800 in help, by design of a Western Union money transfer, to a named man on Might perchance 6th, 2015.
Her trial is persevering with in front of Mr Justice Tony Hunt, Deem Gerard Griffin and Deem Cormac Dunne at the three-focal point on, non-jury court docket.
