A Dublin court has heard how a former Irish soldier found guilty of being a member of the so-called Islamic State (IS) was an “extremely vulnerable person” who was “treated like a servant” by her late husband when in Syria.
The details emerged as her barrister argued that the former soldier should receive a suspended sentence.
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.
