Former school dinner lady planned to join IS
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA former school dinner lady has been found guilty of terrorism offences after she planned to travel to join the Islamic State.
Farishta Jami, 36, was convicted of two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorism. A jury heard she was planning to travel to Daesh in Afghanistan to martyr herself and four children.
Jami saved £1,200 to pay for one-way flights to join Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), the Mirror reports. Leicester Crown Court heard that when detectives searched her property, they seized several devices; sim cards in a bag stuffed down the side of her bed; cash hidden away; and also found Jami trying to conceal passports.
She shared graphic and violent extremist material on social media, the court heard. Jami researched weaponry and gathered information in relation to the assembly and disassembly of an AK47 rifle.
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