Birmingham Crown Court heard how British schoolgirl, Sandeep Samra, 18, had planned to travel to Syria to “join in with the brothers” and allegedly carry out violent acts.
Sandeep Samra, from Coventry, was born and brought up as a Sikh before she converted to Islam at the age of 15, but has not made her family aware of her conversion.
The teenager pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts by attempting to travel to Syria between 1st June and 31st July 2017. However, she denies intending to carry out acts of violence in Syria.
Prosecutors alleged that Samra, who claims she only planned to help ISIL as a nurse, sent messages online that showed she was “going for death” and with the intention to die for the cause. She allegedly wrote in the message, “I want to go, Inshallah [God willing] if it's still possible – at least our nurses can help soldiers and stuff. I really want to go.”
It is said that Samra had applied for her first passport in September 2015, but her father handed it to the police a month later after teachers became concerned and reported her to an anti-extremism team. She then applied for her passport again in June 2017 before she was arrested and had her phone taken away from her.
It is said that Samra had “frantically” called to ask for the Assistant Headteacher at Lyng Hall School to countersign her passport, where she was described as having become “impatient, frustrated and rude” after her request was not fulfilled.
The court also heard how Samra had allegedly joked with teachers saying, “Miss, you are going to see me in the news.”
In a message to an unidentified person, she allegedly wrote, "I need a passport. If infidels know you support, they take your passport. Britain is very strict. We should meet to marry in Oman to go to Syria together, God willing.”
The trial continues.
