A Wisconsin woman traveled halfway around the world, disguised herself and attempted to assassinate a man on behalf of someone she had met on a dating app.

Aimee Betro, 44, was convicted Tuesday, Aug. 12, in Birmingham Crown Court in the U.K. of conspiracy to murder and two firearms charges, the Crown Prosecution Service announced .

Betro, whom police described as an otherwise "unexceptional" woman from West Allis, Wis. with a minimal criminal "footprint," traveled to the U.K. in 2019, donned a niqab to disguise herself and headed to the Birmingham cul-de-sac home of the victim, Sikander Ali, where she lay in wait for about 45 minutes.

Once Ali arrived home, Betro could be seen on CCTV footage approaching him with a gun "clearly visible in her hand," but the gun jammed when she fired

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