5 h. ago American tried to assassinate her lover's enemy on Birmingham street wearing flip

Aimee Betro, 45, was found guilty on Tuesday of travelling 4,000 miles from her Wisconsin home to carry out a 'hit' on a man in Birmingham.

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8 h. ago The unrequited love that almost led to murder in cold blood: How US hitwoman's desperate bid for affection from British thug saw her travel across the Atlantic to gun down shopkeeper

Grinning for the camera with a sign supporting her football team - she hardly looks an assassin. Yet Aimee Betro travelled 4,000 miles from the US to carry out a 'hit' on a man

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11 h. ago How US hitwoman hired for UK contract killing failed – dating app, niqab to jammed gun

Besotted Aimee Betro, 45, was recruited by Brit lover Mohammed Nazir and his dad to bump off Birmingham boutique clothing shop boss Sikander Ali but twice botched it - then went on the run for five years

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14 h. ago Woman disguised in niqab guilty of conspiracy to murder in Birmingham

Aimee Betro tried to shoot Sikander Ali at point-blank range as part of revenge plot in 2019 but gun jammedA would-be killer who tried to shoot a rival at point-blank range while disguised in a niqab has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder.Aimee Betro, 45, who is originally from the US, flew to the UK as part of a revenge plot orchestrated by father and son co-conspirators Mohammed Aslam, 59, and Mohammed Nabil Nazir, 31, to attack a family they had been feuding with. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago No evidence Aimee Betro was paid for her role in assassination plot – police

The 45-year-old US citizen claimed to be in love with co-conspirator Mohammed Nabil Nazir, who joined her on a road trip after the bungled shooting.

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15 h. ago Aimee Betro had intention to kill before flying to UK, detectives believe

US woman Aimee Betro, 45, was convicted of conspiracy to murder at Birmingham Crown Court.

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15 h. ago US hitwoman disguised in a niqab is found guilty of trying to assassinate Birmingham businessman after falling for his rival online

Aimee Betro, 45, wore a niqab in an attempt to disguise her appearance before blasting Sikander Ali, 33, at close range outside his house in September 2019.

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15 h. ago US woman found guilty of conspiracy to murder after failed assassination plot

Aimee Betro, 45, was convicted by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court.

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15 h. ago US female assassin guilty of failed bid to kill UK businessman outside family home

Besotted hitwoman Aimee Betro, 45, was charged in relation to a failed assassination plot in the city in September 2019

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15 h. ago US female assassin's botched bid to kill Brit businessman outside family home

Besotted hitwoman Aimee Betro, 45, was charged in relation to a failed assassination plot in the city in September 2019. She attempted to murder a Birmingham clothing shop owner as part of an international plot

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15 h. ago US hitwoman in niqab disguise guilty of conspiracy to murder in Birmingham

Aimee Betro became embroiled in a plot to kill a man, but the handgun jammed

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15 h. ago US hitwoman who flew to UK found guilty of niqab disguise murder plot

Aimee Betro became embroiled in a plot to kill a man, but the handgun jammed

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15 h. ago Besotted US hitwoman guilty of bid to kill UK businessman at family home

Aimee Betro travelled from her home in Wisconsin to shoot businessman Aslat Mahamud. She was in a three-way conspiracy with online lover Mohammed Nazir and his dad Mohammed Aslam

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39 h. ago Jury given majority direction in trial of US woman accused of murder plot

Aimee Betro, 45, denies any involvement in an attempt to shoot a businessman’s son in Birmingham in 2019.

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6 d. ago Jury retires in trial of US woman accused of taking part in murder conspiracy

Aimee Betro, 45, denies being part of a failed assassination plot in which a person wearing a niqab fired a gun at a man in Birmingham.

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