A would-be assassin who flew from the US to kill a Birmingham shop owner as part of a violent feud has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder.

Birmingham Crown Court heard how Aimee Betro, 45, flew from the US to murder shopkeeper Sikander Ali at point-blank range outside his home in the Yardley area of the city in September 2019.

Prosecutors alleged that Betro hid her identity using a niqab when she tried to shoot Mr Ali - but the gun jammed, allowing him to flee.

Betro - originally from Wisconsin - was part of a plot orchestrated by co-conspirators Mohammed Nabil Nazir, 31, and his father, Mohammed Aslam, 56, who were in a violent feud with Mr Ali's family.

Image: Mohammed Nabil Nazir and Mohammed Aslam were jailed in November 2024. Pic: West Midlands Police/PA

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