4 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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12 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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13 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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13 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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13 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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9 d. ago 'Truth about what we saw on set with Mr Big': Chris Noth was cancelled at height of #MeToo

As Mr Big in Sex And The City, he was the handsome businessman whose gentlemanly charm made Carrie Bradshaw - and millions of fans - fall in love with him.

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3 w. ago Trump’s endless toying with conspiracy theories has finally come back to bite him | Moira Donegan

The president has long exploited useful fictions embraced by his supporters. Now he’s trying to change the narrativeDonald Trump’s followers, and the conspiracist influencers turned-government officials through whom he persuades them, have turned on the president and US attorney general after they declared an end to federal inquiries into Jeffrey Epstein’s death. But it would be a mistake to think that the investigation scandal is sui generis. It’s more like the culmination of a long-running trend, one in which Trump’s exploitation of the conspiracist fictions, distrust of institutions, and prurient fascinations of his base have finally come back to bite him.A pedophile ring at the center of power is a recurring theme in rightwing conspiracy theories of the Trump era. During the 2016 presidential election, supporters of Trump, then an outsider challenger for the Republican nomination, began to spread dark claims about his rival for the presidency, Hillary Clinton. Online, far-right ...

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