Mother and daughter jailed for funding the Islamic State group
A mother and daughter have been jailed for funding terrorism in Syria.
Stella Oyella, 53, and Vanessa Atim, 32, both of Newham, east London, sent hundreds of pounds to a relative who had joined the Islamic State (IS) group.
They were found guilty of entering into an arrangement to fund Joseph Ogaba between March and October 2017.
Judge Mark Dennis sentenced Atim to three years and nine months and Oyella to three years.
Ogaba was Oyella’s brother who had converted to Islam.
He was a 30-year-old self-employed computer programmer when he left home in Finsbury Park, north London, to join the terrorist group in September 2014.
‘Committed individual’
The judge said the women were not motivated by IS’s extremist beliefs but wanted to help Ogaba, who was manipulating their close family bond and said he was “desperate” for money to cover his general expenses.
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