Married teen accused of plotting ISIS-inspired terror attacks with her husband

A married teenager accused of plotting a terror attack with her husband told her ‘Boo Boo’ she would never give evidence against him and that Allah was her legislator, a Sydney jury has heard.

Alo-Bridget Namoa and husband Sameh Bayda, both now aged 21, are accused of preparing a terrorist attack and possessing multiple documents connected with terrorism.

Both were aged 18 when arrested in early 2016.

On the first day of their trial in the NSW Supreme Court, crown prosecutor Nicholas Robinson said the pair had a large volume of extremist material including Islamic State and al-Qaeda magazines.

‘They considered Islam under attack around the world and they had an obligation to respond,’ the prosecutor told the jury on Monday.

Mr Robinson said a ‘goodbye note’ Namoa had written to her husband was found on one of the couple’s phones, while Namoa authored a neatly handwritten and unsigned note found at Bayda’s home.

Addressed to ‘my Boo Boo’, the handwritten note in effect told Bayda she’d never give evidence against him.

‘Allah is my legislator, I don’t follow their corrupt laws,’ the note stated, according to the prosecutor.

Mr Robinson said the evidence included thousands of images, numerous graphic videos of executions and other deaths, and social media profiles that showed the pair had adopted alternate names or kunya.

Namoa also linked Bayda, whom she married in a 2015 Islamic ceremony, to a group on messaging platform Telegram that gave ‘advice to those who cannot come to Sham’ – the Syrian area of the Levant.

Mr Robinson said, when confronted by police at his home, Bayda told his wife to delete messages between the pair that were contained on her phone.

Police later retrieved more than 5,000 deleted messages from Namoa’s phone.

The prosecutor said Bayda’s phone contained several selfies with ‘IS salutes’ and extremist documents including one that advised the ‘perfect place to kill’ by stabbing.

The jury heard when police raided a home in early 2016, Namoa started trying to dress herself and asked the whereabouts of her skirt and gloves.

She then attempted to get her handbag in which police later found a hunting knife and a folded black Shahada flag.

Namoa’s lawyer, Christopher O’Donnell, told the jury it was important to note the gloves were found in the handbag.

‘Context is very important,’ Mr O’Donnell said.

Bayda’s counsel said the intention of the young man was very much in dispute and asked the jury to consider the role the couple’s age may have had in their conduct.

Bayda and Namoa, dressed in a red hijab, made handwritten notes while seated beside each other in court.

Source: Daily Mail