US woman convicted over failed assassination bid in UK

LONDON, Aug 12 (BBC): A US woman who was hired as a killer and tried to shoot a man in the UK at point-blank range has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder.

Would-be assassin Aimee Betro, from West Allis in Wisconsin, flew into the country as part of a plot to attack a British family in Birmingham in 2019, before going on the run for nearly five years.

Her co-conspirators had been involved in a feud with the family of intended target Sikander Ali, her trial heard.

During the case at Birmingham Crown Court, jurors heard Betro hid her identity using a niqab when she tried to fire shots on Measham Grove, Yardley, but her gun jammed and Mr Ali fled the scene unharmed.