An Old Bailey\u00a0jury found she had planned to die<\/a>\u00a0in a suicide bombing in Syria – but when that was not possible, she hoped to attack the British Museum.<\/p>\n Passing sentence, Judge Mark Dennis QC told Boular her views were “deeply entrenched” and “she was old enough to make her own decisions and her own choices”.<\/p>\n “However much she may have been influenced and drawn into extremism, it appeared she knew what she was doing and acted with open eyes,” he said.<\/p>\n Defence barrister Joel Bennathan QC said Boular had a neglectful mother and a radicalised sister, describing her as a child from a damaged home.<\/p>\n He said she had type 1 diabetes and was “sexually groomed” and radicalised by a British IS recruit.<\/p>\n Mr Bennathan said her teenage years had been chaotic but there had been a “genuine” change in her character since her arrest.<\/p>\n Boular, who presented herself at trial in Western clothing and declared herself deradicalised, showed no emotion as she was sentenced.<\/p>\n Aged 16, Boular was radicalised online in the wake of the 2015 Paris terror attacks, when she was sitting her GCSEs.<\/p>\n She met British IS fighter Naweed Hussain on Instagram and after three months of chatting, she declared her love for him with an online marriage ceremony.<\/p>\n The court heard how she had wanted to join Hussain in Syria, but her plan was thwarted when British security services became involved and confiscated her passport.<\/p>\n After she was stopped from going to Syria, she revealed her plans for a grenade and gun attack on the British Museum to MI5 officers posing as extremists.<\/p>\n Boular was arrested and her family home was bugged.<\/p>\n Despite being in custody, she continued to talk to her sister and mother about an Alice in Wonderland-themed tea party – code for another attack.<\/p>\n At the Old Bailey her sister, Rizlaine Boular, 22, who was to carry out an attack near Parliament, was sentenced to life, with a minimum term of 16 years.<\/p>\n Mina Dich, 44, was sentenced to six years and nine months for helping her daughter.<\/p>\n The pair had pleaded guilty to the preparation of terrorist acts.<\/p>\n They carried out reconnaissance of major landmarks in Westminster and bought knives and a rucksack for their attack.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dean Haydon said: “After Safaa was arrested and charged, her mother and sister tried to pick up where she left off….<\/p>\n “Working with the security services, we tracked their plans and stopped them before they were able to put them into practice.<\/p>\n “All three women were filled with hate and toxic ideology, and were determined to carry out a terrorist attack. Had they been successful, it could well have resulted in people being killed or seriously injured.”<\/p>\n Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Mina](\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/E1D9\/production\/_101271875_composite-terror-trial.jpg\")
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