Muslim convert and trainee teacher convicted of terror offence

Wednesday 02nd March 2016 20:10 EST
 

A Muslim convert accused of planning to take her three young children to join their father in Syria has been found guilty of a terror offence.

Trainee maths teacher Lorna Moore, 33, was one of a number of British Muslims from Walsall, West Midlands, accused of being intent on travelling to the war zone.

Two pregnant women were among their group while a third is believed to have had a baby since she went to the so-called Caliphate.

Following a trial at the Old Bailey, Moore was convicted of failing to tell authorities her supply teacher husband Sajid Aslam, 34, was poised to join Islamic State.

The jury deliberated for 17 hours and 25 minutes. Her co-defendant, Ayman Shaukat, 27, who was referred to in court as the Karma Chameleon, was found guilty of helping Aslam and Muslim convert Alex Nash, 22, on their way to fight.

But giving evidence, Moore said she would "never" put her children's lives in danger, adding: "They mean the world to me." She insisted she had been planning to take them back to her family's farm in Omagh, Northern Ireland, after finishing her teacher training - a claim backed up by her mother.

Jurors were told about other members of the West Midlands group who allegedly set off for Syria between July and December 2014.


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