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| ElWahabi (Photo Credit: YahooNews |
Amal
El-Wahabi, 28, who tried to send 20,000 euros ($25,000) to her
husband fighting with Islamic State (IS) group in Syria was on
Thursday jailed for 28 months and seven days.
Thewoman became the first person in Britain to be convicted of funding
the jihadists following a trial in August,2014 which heard how she
persuaded a friend to help smuggle the cash in her underwear.
The
friend, Nawal Msaad, had been stopped in January at London's Heathrow
Airport, where she was trying to board a flight to Istanbul, with the
bank notes concealed inside a condom.
She
was however found not guilty. Continue..
Judge
Nicholas Hilliard who sentenced El Wahabi to 28 months imprisonment
said her drug dealer husband Aine Davis had clearly gone to Syria to
fight with IS.
"I
am also satisfied that you knew he was engaged in violence with guns
for extremist religious and ideological reasons and knew the money
you were sending was destined for that purpose," he said.
He
also said Davis had posted a profile picture on his WhatsApp social
media account showing him brandishing an automatic weapon, and also
sent El-Wahabi other similar photos.
According
to Yahonews, the judge accepted that the jihadist had the idea to
transfer the cash and El-Wahabi had agreed because she was
"infatuated" with her husband, with whom she has two
children under five.
"You
even contemplated taking your children to Turkey to be nearer their
father, when it should have been obvious to you it was in their
interests they should be as far away from him as possible," the
judge said.
"He
had no true regard for you. Any interest he had in you was only
engaged when there was some advantage to him."
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