Barrister tells trial Lisa Smith chose to go to area controlled by 'demonic' terrorists

Ms Smith's defence counsel told the court that she did not travel to Syria to take part in combat. She was vulnerable, brittle, suicidal and depressed

Lisa Smith (pictured) has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful terrorist group, Islamic State, between October 28, 2015 and December 1, 2019. Photo: Collins Courts

Lisa Smith, a former soldier who denies membership of Isis, chose to travel to an area controlled by the "demonic" terrorist organisation having rejected peace and integration to embrace what is militant and violent, a barrister has told her trial.

Sean Gillane SC, for the Director of Public Prosecutions, has delivered his closing speech in the trial, telling the three-judge, non-jury court that Ms Smith did not embark on a "lawful and wholesome journey" to answer a religious calling but, having addressed and analyzed the call by Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, she migrated to Isis-controlled territory where she engaged in a reciprocal relationship with the Islamic State and then moved with Isis as it lost territory following the fall of Raqqa in 2016.