Lisa Smith said witness is 'selfish jihadi' and another 'lied about many things', trial hears

Ms Smith denied to the court that she has extremist views and said if she had extremist views before, she doesn't now

Lisa Smith said: "I just want to go away and relax and stop talking with people. I just want to be left alone to pray and worship my god and be with my child." Photo: Collins Courts

Lisa Smith, a former Irish soldier who denies membership of Islamic State, told gardaí that she was not obsessed with jihad and described a prosecution witness as "dangerous" and a "selfish jihadi".

In a garda interview in December 2019, Ms Smith said that Carol Karimah Duffy, a witness for the prosecution, taught her things about Islam that were not true and had "messed" her mind. She said Ms Duffy told her about Osama bin Laden and Sharia law and talked about Islam being "spread by the sword".