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US woman found guilty of conspiracy to murder Birmingham shop owner
A would-be assassin who flew from the US to kill a Birmingham shop owner as part of a violent feud has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder.
Birmingham Crown Court heard how Aimee Betro, 45, flew from the US to murder shopkeeper Sikander Ali at point-blank range outside his home in the Yardley area of the city in September 2019. Prosecutors alleged that Betro hid her identity using a niqab when she tried to shoot Mr Ali - but the gun jammed, allowing him to flee.
Betro - originally from Wisconsin - was part of a plot orchestrated by co-conspirators Mohammed Nabil Nazir, 31, and his father, Mohammed Aslam, 56, who were in a violent feud with Mr Ali's family. During her trial, Betro said she had travelled to the UK on two previous occasions, having met Nazir on a dating app.
Asked why she had paid a third visit to the UK, arriving at Manchester Airport from Atlanta around two weeks before the shooting, Betro told jurors: "To celebrate my birthday, and I won tickets for another boat party in London." The court was shown CCTV of Betro waiting for 45 minutes outside Mr Ali's house on the night of 7 September 2019. As Mr Ali arrived home, Betro approached him with a firearm, but the gun failed to fire.
Mr Ali is seen jumping back into his car and reversing away, clipping Betro's driver's side door in the process. The court heard Betro then goaded Mr Ali's father, Aslat Mahumad, with whom her co-conspirators had a feud, through text messages including: "Where are you hiding?.
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