A would-be assassin who tried to kill a man on the streets of Birmingham while disguised in a niqab was due to be sentenced this morning, Thursday, August 21.

Aimee Betro, 45, was found guilty of conspiracy to murder, possessing a self-loading pistol and fraudulently evading the prohibition on importing ammunition after a three-week trial which ended last week.

The graphic design and childhood education graduate tried to shoot Sikander Ali at point-blank range outside his home in Measham Grove, Yardley , shortly after 8pm on September 7, 2019.

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Judge Simon Drew KC will sentence Betro, who is originally from West Allis in Wisconsin but lived in Armenia until earlier this year, at Birmingham Crown Court.

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