Defence 'printers regularly crashing' due to 'enormous' amount of Lisa Smith material

Counsel said that with some material "when you go to download it, it gives you a time measured in hours but it never actually finishes - it cuts out"

Lisa Smith is charged with an offence contrary to the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 for being a member of unlawful terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS). File photo: Brian Lawless/PA

Mon, 01 Nov, 2021 - 16:14

Paul Neilan

The "absolutely enormous" amount of material in the trial of former Defence Forces member Lisa Smith, who is accused of being a member of ISIS and of financing terrorism, is crashing the printers of the defence team, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Today, Ms Smith's barrister, Michael O'Higgins SC, told the non-jury court that "the State has prepared a verbatim transcript of interviews that contains substantially more content" for the defence to review. Mr O'Higgins then applied for an adjournment to review the documents, which were given to the defence this morning before the brief hearing.