2022: Irish ex-soldier Lisa Smith, convicted for ISIS membership, plans to appeal conviction and sentence.
Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith, who joined Islamic State in Syria, is preparing to file submissions for an appeal against her 2022 conviction for ISIS membership. Smith, the first person to be convicted in an Irish court for an Islamic terrorist offense committed abroad, had a 15-month sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal last year. Her lawyers plan to appeal both the conviction and the sentence.
May 13, 2024
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