TORONTO – A Toronto-area woman who admitted to attacking workers at a Canadian Tire store with a golf club and butcher knife in an effort to help ISIL was found guilty of several terror charges Thursday following an unusual trial in which the accused largely declined to participate.

Jurors deliberated for just over an hour before delivering the verdict in the case of Rehab Dughmosh, who was arrested in July 2017 after the attack at a mall in east Toronto.

Dughmosh initially faced a total of 21 charges, but in the end she faced four, including two counts of assault with a weapon and one of carrying a weapon – all in the name of ISIL.

She was also charged with leaving Canada for the purpose of committing a criminal offence in connection with an attempted trip to Syria in April 2016.

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Dughmosh, who represented herself in court, did not enter a plea on the charges but not-guilty pleas were entered on her behalf. She did not present a defence and, through an interpreter, declined to make any closing statements to the jury.

The only evidence presented in court was an agreed statement of facts, which prosecutors said was unusual in a jury trial but allowed the matter to be resolved fairly and quickly despite the challenges raised by Dughmosh’s decision not to participate to the same extent that accused people typically do.

“Ms. Dughmosh was prepared to admit the facts that the Crown was alleging against her but for her own reasons she was not willing to formally enter a guilty plea, to formally elect to be tried by judge alone, she exercised her right to have this matter decided by a jury,” federal prosecutor Jason Wakely said outside court after the verdict.

“Rather than calling the many, many witnesses and items of evidence that would otherwise be required, the case was decided on the admitted facts.” Tweet This

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The statement clearly shows Dughmosh committed the offences in the hopes of helping the terror group whose actions she followed online and whose videos she watched, Wakely told the jury in his closing arguments earlier Thursday.

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“She could not have been any clearer that she was doing this for the benefit of ISIS,” he said, using an alternate name for ISIL.

“She literally declared the words ‘This is for ISIS,’ she draped herself in an ISIS banner, she wrapped an ISIS bandana around her head and she repeatedly said words to the effect that she did this for ISIS.”

Superior Court Justice Maureen Forestell told the jury that when facts are admitted, no further evidence needs to be presented to prove those facts.

The statement, read in court Wednesday, says that while Dughmosh initially denied she was travelling in an effort to join ISIL, she admitted after her arrest in 2017 that it had been the true purpose of the trip.

#Breaking: Rehab Dughmosh: guilty of leaving Canada for purpose of committing a terrorist attack. Guilty of assault with a golf club for benefit of ISIS. Guilty of Assault with a knife for benefit of ISIS. Guilty of weapons dangerous for terror group ISIS. Guilty on all counts — Catherine McDonald (@cmcdonaldglobal) January 17, 2019

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The statement also says Dughmosh began contemplating an attack in Toronto about a year after her return and quickly began to build an arsenal of store-bought and homemade weapons. It says she also made an ISIL banner using black spray paint.

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On June 3, 2017, Dughmosh decided to move forward with an attack and packed several bags with makeshift weapons, including a hammer, 31 metal barbecue skewers, 76 straws with screws glued to the tip, scissors and a child’s shovel “converted to claws,” the statement says.

She also hid an archery bow and 20-centimetre butcher knife inside her robe, it says.

I asked crown attorney Jason Wakely if the Canadian Tire attack could have been avoided, had the RCMP laid charges in 2016 after Dughmosh was intercepted in Turkey, when she was headed to Syria to join ISIS pic.twitter.com/8AwzuIzqBe — Catherine McDonald (@cmcdonaldglobal) January 17, 2019

However, on her way out, Dughmosh ran into her estranged husband with whom she still shared an apartment, and he confiscated the bags of weapons, the statement says. He did not know about the concealed weapons.

Once she arrived at Canadian Tire, Dughmosh tried to obtain arrows but they were locked in a display case and an employee said he could only bring them to the cashier, the document says.

Dughmosh did not have money so instead she gave up on the arrows and walked through the store collecting tools in a shopping basket, it says. She then went to get a golf club, it says.

Shortly after 5 p.m., Dughmosh pulled an ISIL banner from under her robe, tied an ISIL bandana around her head and took out the bow, the document says. She then grabbed the golf club and walked over to the paint section, where three employees were helping customers, it says.

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The statement says Dughmosh charged at them, swinging the club and chanting “This is for ISIS,” but staff were able to grab the club from her hands. She then pulled out the butcher knife, but the employees managed to wrestle her to the ground and eventually seize the knife, it says.

No one was seriously hurt, although one employee suffered bruises and was also bitten by Dughmosh, the document says.

Police arrived and called in RCMP due to the possible terror link, it says. In her interview with the RCMP’s national security unit, Dughmosh admitted that she had unilaterally pledged allegiance to ISIL after reading about the terror group and watching videos online, the statement says.

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She told investigators she chose that day for the attack because “there would be many people at the mall,” the statement says.

“She said she wanted to hurt people and make them feel fear but not kill them,” the document says, explaining that the alleged attack was meant as payback for what she saw as the public’s tacit agreement with governments killing Muslims.

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“She wanted news of her own attack to be published, she believed ISIL would be happy with what she had done,” it says. “She was disappointed that she failed to hurt anyone in her attack but also stated that the important thing was to try.”

Police later searched her home and found the bags with the weapons confiscated by her estranged husband, as well as a cellphone that contained propaganda videos and a handwritten will in which Dughmosh asked to be granted martyrdom, the statement says.

The crown has indicated that it will be seeking an 8 year sentence for Rehab Dughmosh, less dead time. She’s already been in custody since June 2017 and may get 1 1/2 credit for time served meaning she will still have about 5 1/2 years total sentence for parole. If judge agrees — Catherine McDonald (@cmcdonaldglobal) January 17, 2019

A sentencing hearing is scheduled Monday and lawyers are expected to make submissions on whether Dughmosh should undergo a mental health assessment to help Forestell determine the appropriate sentence.

Dughmosh previously underwent a psychological assessment and was deemed fit to stand trial.

Forestell, however, has the authority to request another mental health assessment and will possibly be requesting one to be done on Monday to assist her in her sentencing. Forestell will also be taking submissions.

The crown has indicated it will be seeking an eight-year sentence for Dughmosh. It will also request Dughmosh only receive parole eligibility after she has served half of her sentence rather than the usual one-third.

—With files from Catherine McDonald and Jessica Patton

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Forestell explains the jury has to have unanimous verdicts. “Your sole duty is to decide whether the accused is guilty or not guilty.” Tells the jury not to worry about the sentence. Forestell says sentencing is her concern. Jury is now being sequestered. — Catherine McDonald (@cmcdonaldglobal) January 17, 2019