Woman who planned to fly to Afghanistan to join IS and martyr herself is jailed

Farishta Jami, 36, had pledged allegiance to IS, researched one-way flights to Afghanistan and saved £1,200 to pay for them, Leicester Crown Court heard on Thursday as she was jailed for life.

Jami, from Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, was convicted by a jury in February of two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorism under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006.

After her conviction, she was said to have been “distressed” by the release of a custody image showing her face, and subsequently a second photo, in which she was wearing a niqab, was sent out by police.

The court was told detectives searched her address in November 2023 and seized several devices and found at least 20 different sim cards, which Counter Terrorism Police say were hidden in a bag stuffed down the side of her bed.

She also shared graphic and violent extremist material between September 2022 and January 2024 on social media platforms by posting videos, including ones involving children engaging in terrorist activity, documents and images as well as participating in group chats, joining a large number of pro-IS groups and...
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