A BRITISH STUDENT IS ON TRIAL AFTER ALLEGEDLY SMUGGLING £16K TO JIHADISTS <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="" class="hero-image" height="349" src="http://mediastorage-lls.bauermedia.co.uk/29/01a75/25cb0/04541/2d89e/658e0/ae626/rexfeatures_3907171c_620x349.jpg?1404919916" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; vertical-align: middle; width: 619px;" width="620" /></span><br /> <h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 300; margin: -30px 0px 10px -2px; position: relative;"> <span style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(222, 106, 167) 8px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(222, 106, 167) -8px 0px 0px 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-shadow: rgb(222, 106, 167) 8px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(222, 106, 167) -8px 0px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></h1> <h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 300; margin: -30px 0px 10px -2px; position: relative;"> <span style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(222, 106, 167) 8px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(222, 106, 167) -8px 0px 0px 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-shadow: rgb(222, 106, 167) 8px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(222, 106, 167) -8px 0px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></h1> <h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 300; margin: -30px 0px 10px -2px; position: relative;"> <span style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(222, 106, 167) 8px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(222, 106, 167) -8px 0px 0px 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-shadow: rgb(222, 106, 167) 8px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(222, 106, 167) -8px 0px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></h1> <h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 300; margin: -30px 0px 10px -2px; position: relative;"> <span style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(222, 106, 167) 8px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(222, 106, 167) -8px 0px 0px 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-shadow: rgb(222, 106, 167) 8px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(222, 106, 167) -8px 0px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></h1> <h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 300; margin: -30px 0px 10px -2px; position: relative;"> <span style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(222, 106, 167) 8px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(222, 106, 167) -8px 0px 0px 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-shadow: rgb(222, 106, 167) 8px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(222, 106, 167) -8px 0px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></h1> <h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 300; margin: -30px 0px 10px -2px; position: relative;"> <span style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(222, 106, 167) 8px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(222, 106, 167) -8px 0px 0px 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-shadow: rgb(222, 106, 167) 8px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(222, 106, 167) -8px 0px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></h1> <h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 300; margin: -30px 0px 10px -2px; position: relative;"> <span style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(222, 106, 167) 8px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(222, 106, 167) -8px 0px 0px 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-shadow: rgb(222, 106, 167) 8px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(222, 106, 167) -8px 0px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;"> A BRITISH STUDENT IS ON TRIAL AFTER ALLEGEDLY SMUGGLING £16K TO JIHADISTS</span></span></h1> <div class="in-brief" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(222, 106, 167); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(222, 106, 167); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 6px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: -10px; padding: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: normal;">THE DEBRIEF:</strong> NAWAL MSAAD HAD BEEN PERSUADED TO TAKE THE MONEY TO SYRIA BY FRIENDS, A COURT HEARD YESTERDAY…</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 65px; margin-right: 65px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Student Nawal Msaad, 27, is on trial facing charges of funding terrorism after being found with €20,000 (£16,000) in her knickers at Heathrow airport. In January this year, she was stopped by police at a departure gate and asked why she was visiting Turkey, she said it was for a ‘short break’ and that she had a bit of money ‘about me’ and would be spending it on gold for her mum.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 65px; margin-right: 65px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She was then led to a private room where she produced the money. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The money was being smuggled by Msaad, the prosecution claims, on behalf of her friend Amal El-Wahabi’s husband Aine Davis, who converted to Islam six or seven years ago and has since joined rebel fighters in</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><a href="http://www.thedebrief.co.uk/tags/syria" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Syria</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">, where President Assad’s regime is being fought in a bloody civil war.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 65px; margin-right: 65px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It is also believed that the money was intended to end up in the hands of terrorists, the trial at the Old Bailey heard.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 65px; margin-right: 65px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘The money had been raised in this country and had been destined to support the jihadist cause, which Davis was now pursuing with like-minded supporters,’ said Mark Dennis for the prosecution,<a href="http://metro.co.uk/2014/05/20/student-found-with-16000-stuffed-down-her-underwear-denies-terrorism-charge-4734285/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">according to <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Metro</em></a>.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 65px; margin-right: 65px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">El-Wahabi and Msaad, who is a student at London Metropolitan University, exchanged texts and WhatsApp messages about their plans, with Msaad being offered €1000 (£800) in return for taking the notes. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Both women deny charges of funding terrorism but, if it's true, it's a scary insight into the grooming of British girls by those in jihadist movements.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> A BRITISH STUDENT IS ON TRIAL AFTER ALLEGEDLY SMUGGLING £16K TO JIHADISTS ... 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