- Alex Nash and his wife Yousma Jan were spotted leaving UK in November
- CCTV shown at trial of fellow convert Lorna Moore, 33, and Ayman Shaukat
- Footage showed Shaukat dropping off the couple at Birmingham Airport
- However both were stopped by Turkish authorities and sent back to Britain
- Moore and Shaukat, from Walsall, deny terror charges being heard at the Old Bailey
Images of a Muslim convert and his wife leaving the country to join ISIS have been shown to a jury showing them as they passed through security at Birmingham Airport.
Alex Nash and his wife Yousma Jan were friends of another convert called Lorna Moore, 33, a trainee maths teacher, who was allegedly planning to take her children to Syria and is on trial for charges of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism.
The couple left the country on November 4 and CCTV images showed them as they arrived at Birmingham Airport driven by Moore's co-defendant Ayman Shaukat in a silver Mondeo Zetec.
Julian Christopher QC, prosecuting, said it was a 'group of friends all intent on going out to Syria to fight for ISIS, and providing each other with help and support.'
Nash and Jan shown waiting at a security checkpoint at Birmingham Airport, having been dropped off by Ayman Shaukat
Shaukat was said to have played an 'instrumental role' and, 'it would appear that the only reason that he did not go out as well was his lack of a passport'.
When police raided Shaukat's home they found he had a video on his laptop that was shot by a man with a West Midlands accent as he walked around a destroyed mosque near Idlib, Syria and warned about snipers.
Detectives were later able to place the mosque in Qumaynas, 5.4km south east of the city centre.
Nash and Jan had been caught on cameras as they arrived at the NCP Drop and Go car park and collected a ticket at the barrier and then as they walked towards the check-in des k for Turkish Airlines.
As they waited to go through security, Nash held his brother's British passport and Jan could be seen collecting her belongings after she had walked through.
Jan is shown picking up the pair's luggage as Nash is searched by security personnel at the airport
The pair on CCTV shown at the Old Bailey walking away from the security checkout having passed through
The prosecution pointed out that Jan normally wore traditional Islamic dress but had changed into Western clothing for the trip.
Moore booked tickets for herself and her three children to fly from Stansted Airport to Palma de Majorca on November 15, 2014 but never caught the flight because police raided her home.< /p>
She had an appointment with the Passport Office in Liverpool to obtain passports for her children on a one week service.
A text message sent from Jan's mobile to Moore's mobile read: 'See you there [May the peace of Allah be upon you] xxx,' and Nash sent her a picture of their last sunrise over Walsall.
Messages between Moore and a woman using the name Numayma between October 31 and November 6 showed that Moore was arranging to sell her TV and car and was seeking to rent out her house, saying it would be free soon.
'All of which suggest that she and her three children did not intend to be returning after a fortnight's holiday,' Mr Christopher said.
Shaukat was asking Nash how the 'honeymoon' was and advised: 'Stay in touch, be very careful. Take care of your belon gings, especially you phone,' adding again: 'Be very careful.'
Shaukat joked that Gaziantep was 'trending' on social media because so many associates from Walsall had crossed into Syria from the town.
But Nash and Jan were arrested by the Turkish authorities on November 6 and sent back to Britain after nearly three weeks in custody.
Shaukat's Mondeo pulls up at the exit barrier of Birmingham Airport having dropped off Nash and Jan
Trainee maths teacher Lorna Moore, 33, left, was born into a Protestant family in Belfast but converted to Islam. Ayman Shaukat, 27, right, is accused of helping people make the journey to Syria
Moore never caught her flight, telling police she was too upset by officers searching her home on November 11, four days before her planned departure.
She was told officers that her husband's sister lived in Palma and had invited her and the children to stay.
Moore said she had tried to divorce her husband for treating her like a 'dog and a slave' but had been told to take her husband back by Muslim elders in Walsall in the West Midlands.
But a recording found later on her mobile phone showed that she knew he was planning to go abroad to fight and had agreed not to tell the police, the Old Bailey heard.
Moore denies having information she knew or believed might be of material assistance in preventing an act of terrorism and failing to disclose that information as soon as possible.
Lorna Mooore arrives at the Old Bailey, in London
Her husband, Sajid Aslam, 34, was allegedly driven to the airport by Shaukat, 27, a law graduate who was the treasurer for Walsall Islamic Centre, on August 23.
Shaukat who had a flag associated with ISIS above his bed, is said to have shared radical material with a group of seven people – including two women - who sought to travel to Syria to join ISIS, at least one of whom died in the fighting.
He denies preparing acts of terrorism by h elping Nash and Aslam leave the country to join ISIS.
After he allegedly arrived in Syria, Aslam sent Shaukat a link to a Youtube rap song called 'I made it.'
'This is not Shaukat appreciating the musical talent of Cash Money Heroes, it is understanding the coded message,' Mr Christopher said.
Although Moore 'knew what he was going to do, and so could have provided the police with information that might have been of assistance in stopping him, she failed to do so,' Julian Christopher QC, prosecuting, said.
Moore and Aslam had helped Nash and Jan organise their Islamic wedding in the summer of 2014 and Aslam and Shaukat were the witnesses.
The court heard Moore was born in Northern Ireland and raised as a Protestant and met Aslam in 2000 when they were both students at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Aslam converted to Islam in 2002, and she did the same a year later, adopting the Islamic name of Ayesha.
They got married shortly afterwards and had three children, buying a home in Walsall in 2007.
However, their relationship broke down because of his 'bullying and controlling behaviour' and the couple went for guidance to the 'Muslim Council,' who told her that she had to accept him back or else she would go to hell.
Moore denies failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism on or before August 24, 2014 that might be of assistance in securing the apprehension of Aslam.
Shaukat denies two counts of preparing for terrorist acts in relation to helping Aslam and Nash as well as possession of informati on contrary to the Terrorism Act 2000 in relation to a copy of '39 Ways To Serve And Participate In Jihad' on a laptop external hard drive.
Nash has admitted he was planning to go to Syria and pleaded guilty to preparing acts of terrorism.
The trial continues.
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- ^ Duncan Gardham For Mailonline (www.dailymail.co.uk)
