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Former member of the Irish Defense Forces, Lisa Smith, who is accused of belonging to the Islamic State terror group and financing terrorism, will go to trial in 2022.
The 38-year-old from Co Louth was before Special Criminal Court this morning, where her trial date was set for January 11, 2022.
The trial is expected to last 12 weeks.
Ms. Smith is charged with a crime contrary to the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offenses) Act 2005, which carries a possible 10-year sentence.
She is accused of being a member of the illegal terror group Islamic State (ISIS) between October 28, 2015 and December 1, 2019.
In July, an additional charge was purchased under the same legislation for financing terrorism by sending € 800 in assistance, via a Western Union money transfer, to a man identified on May 6, 2015.
She denies the charges.
In a brief hearing this morning, prosecutor Geraldine Small told the court that the case will last 12 weeks.
Ms. Smith’s defense attorney, Michael O’Higgins SC, told the court that other legal issues may arise.
O’Higgins said it was a “somewhat diffuse case” and that “it was still early.”
He said his client signed twice a day at a Garda station and that the state did not object to reducing it to once a day.
Ms. Smith, who denies the charges, sat in the body of the courtroom for today’s hearing.
She was placed in preventive custody on bail until her trial date in 2022.
The case will also be mentioned in court on July 31, 2021, but you are not required to attend on that date.
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