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UK teacher found guilty of hiding husband's ISIS link

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Press Trust of India London
Last Updated : Feb 24 2016 | 10:32 PM IST
A trainee maths teacher was today found guilty of terror offences for not informing the UK authorities of her Pakistani-origin husband's links with the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist network.
Lorna Moore was intent on travelling to Syria with her three children to join husband Sajid Aslam, the Old Bailey trial in London heard.
The 33-year-old Muslim convert, born a Christian in Northern Ireland, had denied the terror offences, saying she had been the victim of years of psychological abuse from her husband.
West Midlands Police's Assistant Chief Constable Marcus Beale said: "ISIS is a really dangerous organisation and the criminal courts will be interested in hearing those cases.
"Another important part of this case is where you have got people who have knowledge of travel and the intent when they get there who have not come forward, and that's committing a crime. If they are helping ISIS, then that's a danger to the UK."
Judge Charles Wide granted Moore conditional bail out of "concern" for her children until her sentencing at a later date.

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Her husband was helped by Ayman Shaukat, who was also found guilty of helping Muslim convert Alex Nash, 22, to travel to the war zone.
As he crossed into Syria in August 2014, Aslam sent a triumphant coded message back to Shaukat.
Within months, Moore had booked flights to Palma in Spain but the prosecution said her final destination was given away in a text from Nash's wife in Turkey saying "see you there".
The court heard that Aslam, a part-time teacher of Pakistani-origin, became part of a group of men in the town of Walsall in the West Midlands region of England who became intent on travelling to join ISIS.

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First Published: Feb 24 2016 | 10:32 PM IST

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