1 week ago US woman disguised in niqab whose gun jammed during failed assassination attempt in Birmingham jailed

Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court found the 45-year-old graduate guilty of conspiracy to murder

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1 week ago US woman who wore niqab disguise before failed murder plot jailed for 30 years

Aimee Betro flew to the UK to carry out the plot in Birmingham, which failed when the gun jammed, allowing the victim to escape.

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2 w. ago Gangster who enjoyed lavish lifestyle funded by crime and helped buy AK47 machine gun among Jamie Rothwell associates to be locked up

Craig Makinson enjoyed holidays and expensive cars

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2 w. ago Drug and gun gangster Jamie Rothwell sentenced to 43 years as he's 'tired' of crime life

Jamie Rothwell was one of the National Crime Agency's most wanted men after he was exposed as a leading figure in the Salford gang feud following the EncroChat hack

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2 w. ago Notorious gangster Jamie Rothwell jailed for 43 years after drug and gun offences

Jamie Rothwell has been jailed for 43 years.

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2 w. ago Eight things we learned from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s marathon New Heights podcast

If you don’t have a spare two hours to listen to Swift talking about The Life of a Showgirl on her boyfriend’s podcast, we did it for youTwo years ago, American footballer Travis Kelce famously used the New Heights podcast – which he hosts with his brother Jason – to announce that he wanted to date Taylor Swift. This was after he failed to get her attention at her Eras tour show at Arrowhead Stadium, home to his team, the Kansas City Chiefs. Somehow, it worked: he managed to get the girl. Continue reading...

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. ago LIVE: Salford gangster Jamie Rothwell to be sentenced for gun and drug crimes

Jamie Rothwell was a leading member of the city’s Anti A-Team gang

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