Judgment Due Today in Trial of Lisa Smith For Alleged Membership of Islamic State

Judgment will be given today in the trial of Lisa Smith, the first person to be prosecuted in the State on charges of membership of Isis, the Islamic State terrorist group.

The three judge non-jury Special Criminal Court, presided over by Mr Justice Tony Hunt, sitting with Judges Gerard Griffin and Cormac Dunne, will give its judgment this morning following the nine week trial.