A Warwickshire woman has today been found guilty of terrorism offences after she planned to travel to join Daesh in Afghanistan.
Farishta Jami, aged 36 from Stratford-upon-Avon, was convicted of two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorism under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006.
Farishta Jami, 36, was convicted of two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorism under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006
The jury at Leicester Crown Court heard details of how she was planning to travel to Daesh in Afghanistan to martyr herself and the second charge related to her taking the children.
Jami saved £1,200 to pay for one-way flights to Afghanistan for herself and her children and that she researched available flights travel to join Daesh.
When detectives searched her address, they seized several devices, sim cards in a bag stuffed down the side of her bed, cash hidden away and also found Jami was trying to conceal passports.
She also shared graphic and violent extremist material between 1 September 2022 and 10 January 2024 on social media platforms posting videos, documents and images as well as participating in various group chats joining a large number of pro-Daesh groups and channels. She also researched weaponry and gathered information in relation to the assembly and disassembly of an AK47 rifle.
She was an administrator on several of the groups, overseeing the posting and messaging of the users. Some of the groups had over 700 members and disseminated large amounts of Daesh propaganda including instructional videos to make devices so Daesh could see that she was loyal and committed to the cause.
Head of Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands Detective Chief Superintendent Alison Hurst said: “Jami expressed a desire to travel as early as July 2023 and by November she had accumulated a significant amount of cash which crystallised her intention to travel.
“In a two-week period at the end of October/early November, she carried out 22 separate searches of flights to Afghanistan. It is notable that a significant number of the searches were for one-way tickets for herself and her children.
“We welcome today’s verdict, Jami was determined to travel to join ISIS, despite claiming she was planning to visit family but we found no evidence of any contact with her family to arrange a visit to see them in Afghanistan or Pakistan.”
Jami is due to be sentenced tomorrow (14 February).
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