A white Muslim convert who failed to tell police her husband had fled Britain to join ISIS, and then tried to follow him to Syria with their three children, was jailed for two and a half years today.

Lorna Moore, a former Protestant from Northern Ireland, is one of two British mothers who plotted to join their terrorist husbands as part of a so-called 'Babies for ISIS' plot.

Moore, 34, a trainee maths teacher, had pretended she was taking her family to Majorca on a two-week package holiday last November.

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Law graduate Lorna Moore planned to take her three children, including an 11 month old baby, to join her husband in Syria

Moore, 33, pictured outside court in February, was convicted after it emerged her supply teacher husband Sajid Aslam (right), 34, left the country to join the terror group in August 2014

But a text to her from another Muslim convert's wife in Turkey, the usual route to Syria, gave away her final destination because she told her: 'See you there'.

Her supply teacher husband Sajid Aslam, 34, had already secretly left the UK to try and join the terror group in August 2014.

Jude Charles Wide QC told her: 'You knew very well your husband's dedication. You knew it and you didn't tell. The things you lied about give a clear insight into your mindset.'

Aslam claims he is in Turkey, and has sent photographs of himself posing with Western objects in an attempt to convince the authorities that he has not joined ISIS.

The judge said that Moore had pretended to have broken up with him, when in fact he was sending sexual messages to her.

Moore is one of a number of British Muslim women from Walsall, West Midlands accused of trying to travel to the war zone to be with their husbands after joining an extremist group based in the town.

One of the group, Kerry Thomason, 24, pleaded guilty to assisting her husband, Isaiah Siadatan, to travel to Syria and then was intercepted when she tried to take her family and give birth in the Caliphate.

Today she was given a two-year suspended sentence after a judge suggested that she did not have a 'full understanding' of what her husband was planning to do.

Another convert, Kerry Thomason, left, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to assisting her husband, Isaiah Siadatan, right, to travel to Syria and engage in acts of terrorism

Moore's co-defendant, Ayman Shaukat, 27, was also found guilty of helping Aslam and another Muslim convert, 22-year-old Alex Nash. Shaukat (pictured) took the above selfie after dropping Aslam at the airport

Shaukat (left) described IS as 'evil' and told the court he had told MI5 he would 'assist in any way I could' - but his nickname at home was the chameleon because he changed so often; Alex Nash, right, was in a group of British Muslims who allegedly wanted bring up their children under the Islamic State

He said: 'There is a naivety about you and I accept that you may not have had a really full understanding of what was involved though you knew your husband was going to fight.'

Thomason, whose three children are all in care, was only 'acting to please her husband', according to her lawyer, and has been unable to find work since her arrest.

The court heard that Lorna Moore, who met her husband Aslam at Manchester Metropolitan University, had taken the rest of the family on a Butlins holiday in Skegness at the time of his departure to Syria

She then booked flights to Palma, Majorca, and was due to travel in November last year. She also started to make plans to rent out her home.

The prosecution alleged the tickets were a plan to get her children - including one who was just 11 months old at the time - to Syria.

Julian Christopher, prosecuting, said of the message: ‘[This] suggests the journey that has been planned is not simply a two-week holiday to Majorca.

Lorna Moore's partner Aslam (pictured) claims he is in Turkey, and has sent photographs of himself posing with Western objects in an attempt to convince the authorities that he has not joined ISIS

He sent pictures of himself posing with a Playstation 3 and violent games Call of Duty and Assassins Creed

‘In fact, the plan was to take the children, via an innocuous-looking destination, to be reunited with their father.'

But Moore, who had recently enrolled on a £4,500 PGCE course, insisted she would 'never' put her children's lives in danger, adding: 'They mean the world to me.'

She claimed she had been planning to take them back to her family's Protestant farm in Omagh, Northern Ireland, after finishing her teacher training. Her mother backed up her claim.

She also told the court that her relationship with Aslam had ended after he became abusive and said they only lived together for the sake of the children, the court heard.

She said: ‘He would grab me by the hair and put my face in the toilet and say "does that look clean to you".

‘[He said] if it was not for him I would be a "Gori [offensive name for a white person] on a council estate with a can of Carling and a cigarette and with five kids by five different fathers".'

She added: ‘He was controlling, he always wanted to be in the lead, he would have made sure that this is mealtime he has his meal on time.’

Moore, who was said to have lived a 'typical student life' until converting in 2002, claimed when she turned to a Muslim cleric for a divorce, he told her that a 'white Muslim is not a special Muslim' and she must take her husband back.

Aslam also sent a picture of himself in front of a big screen showing a western movie to the authorities

The judge said that Moore had pretended to have broken up with supply teacher Aslam (pictured) when in fact he was sending sexual messages to her

She said Aslam should 'grow a pair' and come back to Britain and explain himself 'if he is innocent and got nothing to hide'.

Aslam's sister Sarwat told jurors her brother had been in touch with her during the course of the trial to say he wanted to 'start a dialogue with police about coming home'.

Meanwhile, Moore's co-defendant, Ayman Shaukat, 27, was also found guilty of helping Aslam and another Muslim convert, 22-year-old Alex Nash.

Shaukat, a law graduate, was today jailed for 10 years after the judge said he was 'a supporter of terrorist acts in the form of violent jihad'.

In mitigation, the court heard Nash had sent a letter to Judge Wide, which outlined his charity work and how he was drawn to Syria.

In it, Nash said: 'I don't want to give the impression I pass responsibility for myself. I have committed a crime and should be punished for it. I am disappointed with myself that I allowed myself to get into this situation.'

Aslam's sister Sarwat told jurors her brother had been in touch during the trial to say he wanted to 'start a dialogue with police about coming home'

But the judge described the letter as 'gobbledegook', adding: 'He seems to think this was an extension of his charity work. He doesn't explain the shift from charity work to terrorism at all. And it seems to make him some sort of victim in this.'

Nash was given a five-year sentence, and told by the judge: 'You were dedicated to the cause and had been dedicated for some time. You did not complete your journey but you jolly nearly did.'

Shaukat, from Walsall, had denied helping his friends join IS by dropping Aslam and Nash off at airports.

The court heard the day after dropping Aslam off at the airport Shaukat sent a photograph of himself posing with the IS flag.

Aslam sent a triumphant coded message - a video link to a song called Made It by Cash Money Heroes - back to reveal he had made it to his destination.

Shaukat, who started a law degree at Manchester Metropolitan University after dropping out of a building course, described IS as 'evil' and said that he had told MI5 he would 'assist in any way I could' after agents contacted him as treasurer of the community group Islam Walsall.

He had several meetings and phone calls with security services before their association 'fizzled out', he said.

Jurors were also told about other members of the West Midlands group who allegedly set off for Syria between July and December 2014.

The first to join ISIS was Muslim convert, Jake Petty, 25, also known as Abu Yaqoob Britany.

His Christian minister mother Sue Boyce wept as she told jurors how she begged him not to go.

In a message sent on October 26 last year to his parents, twin brother Tom and two sisters, Petty insisted ‘we are not a load of backward, bloodthirsty terrorists’ and claimed ‘nobody has been brainwashed or tricked’.

His mother was later forced to identify his body from video footage on social media after he was killed in December 2014.

Petty was swiftly followed by former schoolmate Siadatan, 24, whose pregnant wife Thomason was supposed to fly out with their two children but was stopped by police.

The court heard he had sent her an email in December 2014 insisting that she should bring their children to him in IS.

It read: ‘If you don’t bring my kids to the Islamic State I will send someone to kill you and I will send someone to kill your mum and dad.

‘You have two weeks from today. Look I love you but if you think I will let you bring up my kids in a kafir country you’re mistaken.’

Christian minister mother Sue Boyce wept as she told jurors her son Jake Petty, 25, also known as Abu Yaqoob Britany, went to Syria against her wishes and was later killed

Alex Nash, holding a British passport, and his wife Yousma Jan waiting to through the security area at Birmingham Airport - they were intercepted in Turkey

Siadatan is believed to have been killed in the summer of 2015, although his death is unconfirmed.

Meanwhile, Nash, 22, and his pregnant wife Yousma Jan, 20, were arrested by Turkish authorities and sent back to the UK.

He took sole responsibility for the plan and admitted preparing acts of terrorism, while a charge against his wife was discontinued.

Prosecutor Mark Dawson had previously claimed Jan's 'aim was to give birth in the Islamic State not Walsall’.

Prosecutors also confirmed it was believed pregnancy was a ‘key driver’ in some of the women’s attempts to get to Syria

Speaking after the group were convicted, West Midlands Police's Assistant Chief Constable Marcus Beale said the case showed that Moore was 'just as criminal and just as dangerous' as her husband.

He said: 'ISIS is a really dangerous organisation and the criminal courts will be interested in hearing those cases.