US woman found guilty after failed assassination plot in UK

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2025-08-12

Birmingham, England (PA Media/dpa) - A US woman whose gun jammed while she was disguised in a niqab during a failed assassination attempt in Birmingham, England has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder. Aimee Betro flew to the UK before she tried to shoot Sikander Ali at point-blank range outside his home in Birmingham on the evening of September 7 2019. Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court found the 45-year-old guilty of the charge as well as o......

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