An Adelaide woman has been found guilty of membership of the Islamic State terror group in South Australia's first terrorism trial.
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A Supreme Court jury returned their verdict against Zainab Abdirahman-Khalif on Monday after three hours of deliberations.
The 23-year-old and her supporters did not show any emotion as the guilty verdict was handed down.
Her lawyer, Bill Boucaut SC, asked for a six-week adjournment to obtain reports before a sentencing hearing, while Justice David Peek said she could be required to give evidence.
Abdirahman-Khalif's supporters, who were present each day of the trial, covered their faces and said they did not wish to speak to waiting media in a fiery exchange outside court.
When asked if they accept the jury's verdict, one responded: "You ask her yourself, don't ask me... Am I working? Am I getting paid? You get paid, you go and ask," while another told reporters she was not a terrorist.
Abdirahman-Khalif had pleaded not guilty to membership of a terrorist organisation.
During the trial, the court heard she was stopped by police at Adelaide Airport after she tried to board a plane to Istanbul in July 2016.
Carrying only hand luggage and less than $200 in cash, she told officers she intended to work for an aid organisation and expected her living expenses and the cost of a flight home would be covered.
Abdirahman-Khalif was later released, but arrested at the Port Adelaide TAFE SA campus in May 2017, following a year-long investigation.
In evidence, a counter-terrorism police officer said 127 video files of "investigative relevance" were found on her phone, and the jury was played a compilation of violent scenes.
The court also heard she had been in communication with three young women and knew about their deadly terror attack on a police station in Kenya before it occurred.
In his closing statements last week, prosecutor Chris Winneke QC said Abdirahman-Khalif had "wholly embraced the concepts and aligned herself with the ideology of the Islamic State".
He said she had gone a step further by taking action to become a member of the group.
"She set off to go to Turkey, to engage with terrorists in the view of lending her support to Islamic State," he said
"In doing so, she became a member of Islamic State."
Abdirahman-Khalif was remanded in custody to reappear before the court in October. She is expected to appeal the verdict.
Australian Associated Press
