US woman disguised in niqab whose gun jammed during failed assassination attempt in Birmingham jailed
Moment US woman disguised in niqab fled after failed assassination
- In the video above, Aimee Betro, disguised in a niqab, attempted to shoot shop owner Sikander Ali at point-blank range in September 2019, but her gun jammed.
- The American woman has been jailed for 30 years for her role in a failed assassination plot in Birmingham.
- She was part of a conspiracy orchestrated by Mohammed Aslam and his son Mohammed Nabil Nazir to attack a rival family.
- Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court found Betro guilty of conspiracy to murder, possessing a self-loading pistol, and fraudulently evading ammunition import prohibition.
- Her co-conspirators, Mohammed Nabil Nazir and Mohammed Aslam, were previously jailed for 32 and 10 years respectively for their involvement.