Teen helped IS

SYDNEY: A Sydney teenager helped transfer almost 20 000 Australian dollars (R199 000) to Islamic State (IS) fighters to impress a man she intended to marry, an Australian court heard yestereday.

The 17-year-old had been brainwashed by the man and helped arrange several Western Union cash transfers in 2015 and 2016, her lawyer Zemarai Khatiz told the Parramatta Children’s Court.

A verdict is due on April 28.