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A British Muslim mother who wanted bring up her children under the 'Islamic State' in Syria has been jailed for two and a half years.
Muslim convert Lorna Moore, 34, was planning to take her three young children to the war zone - including an 11-month-old baby.
Around the same time, a number of pregnant women from the same community were poised to give birth in the Caliphate.
Moore, from Walsall, West Midlands, failed to tell authorities her husband Sajid Aslam, 34, was about to leave for Syria.
Ayman Shaukat, 28, was also convicted of preparing terrorist acts by helping Aslam and Muslim convert Alex Nash, 22, on their way.
Nash's wife Kerry Thomason, 24, was pregnant when she was stopped from flying out with her two children to join her husband in Syria.
Sentencing at the Old Bailey, Judge Charles Wide described Moore as a "very strong character" and said she "knew perfectly well of your husband's dedication to terrorism".
"One of the troubling things about you is your facility for telling lies," he added.
He said Moore had told "lie after lie" to the jury during her trial and that some of her evidence was "nonsense".
She was sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment.
Shaukat was jailed for a total of 10 years with a five-year extended licence while Nash was jailed for five years with a one-year additional licence.
Prison for British Muslim convert who planned to bring up her children under Isis | Crime | News | The Independent
Muslim convert Lorna Moore, 34, was planning to take her three young children to the war zone - including an 11-month-old baby.
Around the same time, a number of pregnant women from the same community were poised to give birth in the Caliphate.
Moore, from Walsall, West Midlands, failed to tell authorities her husband Sajid Aslam, 34, was about to leave for Syria.
Ayman Shaukat, 28, was also convicted of preparing terrorist acts by helping Aslam and Muslim convert Alex Nash, 22, on their way.
Nash's wife Kerry Thomason, 24, was pregnant when she was stopped from flying out with her two children to join her husband in Syria.
Sentencing at the Old Bailey, Judge Charles Wide described Moore as a "very strong character" and said she "knew perfectly well of your husband's dedication to terrorism".
"One of the troubling things about you is your facility for telling lies," he added.
He said Moore had told "lie after lie" to the jury during her trial and that some of her evidence was "nonsense".
She was sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment.
Shaukat was jailed for a total of 10 years with a five-year extended licence while Nash was jailed for five years with a one-year additional licence.
Prison for British Muslim convert who planned to bring up her children under Isis | Crime | News | The Independent