Dublin's Special Criminal Court was on Friday expected to sentence former soldier Lisa Smith, who was found guilty of joining the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Syria.
Dublin's Special Criminal Court on Friday sentenced former soldier Lisa Smith to 15 months in jail for joining the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Syria. The judge said the former soldier went to Syria with her "eyes wide open".
Dublin's Special Criminal Court on Friday sentenced former soldier Lisa Smith to 15 months in jail for joining the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Syria.
DUBLIN: Dublin’s Special Criminal Court on Friday sentenced former soldier Lisa Smith to 15 months in jail for joining Daesh in Syria. Judge Tony Hunt said the 40-year-old mother of one, from Dundalk on Ireland’s east coast, was a low risk for reoffending. But he said Smith, a Muslim convert, went to Syria with her “eyes wide open” and had shown no remorse for her actions.
Lisa Smith, from Dundalk in Ireland, faces a maximum of eight years in prison for joining the Islamic State group for a period lasting between October 2015 and December 2019.