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Lisa Smith's IS membership conviction falls short of Irish law, court told
Lisa Smith
The former Defence Forces member was found guilty of IS membership in 2022, but was cleared of financing terrorism, after a nine-week trial at Dublin’s non-jury Special Criminal Court.
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Lisa Smith led 'anonymous' life in Syria, no 'smoking gun' linking her to IS, court hears
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Former Defence Forces soldier Lisa Smith’s lawyer told the Court of Appeal she lived a 'totally anonymous' life in Syria and there is no 'smoking gun' linking her to the so-called Islamic State.
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Ex-ISIS bride Lisa Smith sparks mosque row as leader says she can't be stopped from attending
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Exclusive - Karimah Duffy, a former pal of Lisa, and a leading member of the Dundalk Muslim Community Centre, exclusively told us that as far as she and several other women were concerned Smith, who was sentenced to 15 months in prison for being a member of Islamic State, 'is not welcome here.'
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'ISIS bride' Lisa Smith to walk free 'in weeks' after getting early release for good behaviour
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Ex soldier Smith, 41, was jailed for 15 months at the Special Criminal Court last July and is serving out the last days of her sentence.
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ISIS bride Lisa Smith has appeal against prison sentence rejected
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Ex-Irish soldier Lisa Smith was found guilty in May of IS membership but was cleared of a separate charge of financing terrorism
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Scissor Sister Charlotte Mulhall and ISIS bride Lisa Smith become best friends in prison
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'You would never picture the two of them talking but they seem to get on pretty well'
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Jailed ISIS bride Lisa Smith will eat and exercise alone in prison after conviction for being a member of the terrorist group
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The 40-year-old, jailed for 15 months at the Special Criminal Court on Friday, is the first person to be convicted in an Irish court of membership in another country of an Islamic terrorist organisation
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Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith jailed for 15 months for ISIS membership
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Smith's lawyers have asked the court to permit Ms Smith to be released on bail pending an appeal
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Court hears Lisa Smith was 'extremely vulnerable' and was 'treated like a servant' as barrister argues for suspended sentence
Lisa Smith
Ex-Defence Forces member Lisa Smith, 40, was found guilty of membership of the so-called Islamic State (IS) terror group, and was acquitted of a separate charge of financing terrorism, after a nine-week trial at Dublin’s non-jury Special Criminal Court
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Lisa Smith's history including stint in Defence Forces, being pictured with Bertie Ahern and Syria trip
Lisa Smith
Smith has been found guilty of being a member of ISIS
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Lisa Smith found guilty of Islamic State membership and cleared of financing terrorism charge
Lisa Smith
Ms Smith, from Dundalk, Co Louth pleaded not guilty to both charges
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Lisa Smith trial hears claims Facebook in 'wholesale breach of privacy rights'
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Michael O'Higgins SC, for Ms Smith, is objecting to the admissibility of messages sent using Facebook between his client and known Islamist terrorists in Australia and Syria
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Lisa Smith called Irish Government a 'shower of bastards' while talking 'anti-western stuff' in 2011, court hears
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Ms Smith was described by a superior officer in the Irish army as 'industrious, hard-working and reliable'
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Gardai had concerns for Lisa Smith's safety on arrival back in Ireland in 2019 due to online comments, court hears
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There were concerns because of comments on local news websites, the Special Criminal Court heard
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Lisa Smith watched ISIS drowning video before going to Syria, court hears
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In garda interviews Ms Smith said that she was saying she understood why they were drowned but not that she agreed with the drownings
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Lisa Smith told gardai she was not obsessed with jihad and described prosecution witness as 'dangerous', court hears
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She said Carol Karimah Duffy was a 'selfish jihadi' who had told her that everything in Islam is 'haram' or forbidden, a court heard
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Lisa Smith was legally arrested in 2019, court rules
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Legal representatives for Ms Smith had specifically contested the legality of her arrest under the Offences Against the State Act 1939 after she returned to Ireland in 2019
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Lisa Smith tried to justify suicide bombings, court hears
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On the second day of her trial, the court heard Smith frequently discussed jihad and was 'justifying why suicide bombs were happening', giving the view that 'we were being attacked, so we were attacking back'
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Lisa Smith 'enveloped herself in the black flag of ISIS', court hears
Lisa Smith
Smith has pleaded not guilty to charges of membership of the illegal organisation and of providing funds to benefit the group
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Lisa Smith trial to go ahead after court dismisses bid to have IS member charges dropped
Lisa Smith
The 39-year-old, from Co Louth, is accused of being a member of so-called Islamic State and financing terrorism. Smith has denied the charges
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Lisa Smith seeks to have ISIS member charges dropped
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Lawyers for the Louth woman have made an application for the case against her to be dismissed
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Lisa Smith trial to go ahead in new year despite 'discrete disclosure issues'
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Ms Smith, a former Defence Forces member, denies membership of the Islamic State terrorist group
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Alleged ISIS member Lisa Smith wins legal battle against ruling banning her from entering UK
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Lisa Smith won the case in a London court against the decision to exclude her by the English Home Office by citing the Good Friday Agreement
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Lisa Smith returned for trial at Special Criminal Court
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Mr Justice Hunt made the formal order for the case to be heard in the non-jury court
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