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Everyday American woman whose double life as international assassin-for-hire exposed after jammed gun saw her botch a contract hit in UK -clients convicted but Aimee Betro, 44, remains a fugitive

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c8e2ca77f0d50b2103a1df5496e17d17" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342727&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Every day American woman whose double life as an assassin-for-hire was exposed after jammed gun saw her botch a contract killing in Birmingham&comma; UK&comma; forced to go on the run <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bdafa4005dce468edad3f4c20c0b2e13" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342727&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>College educated assassin-for-hire&comma; Aimee Betro&comma; 44&comma; from Milwaukee&comma; had a day job working as an administrator for the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-885884a1c92b05a4632e5b40c98ba144" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342727&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Betro flew over from Milwaukee to kill boutique clothing store owner Sikander Ali on the orders of rival Mohammed Aslam&comma; 56&comma; and his son Mohammed Nazir&comma; 30<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e0ad4778072c9f27555c78d7d3af50a6" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342727&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>UK court heard how the hitwoman&comma; disguised herself in a hijab before trying to gun Ali down outside a house in Acocks Green&comma; Birmingham on September 7&comma; 2019 <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e39cad4323eff13e55c78d79244257f5" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342727&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Investigation pointed to Aslam and his son Nazir with detectives combing through their phones records&comma; CCTV footage and financial transactions <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d2fcc116f5814c89ac0c9bcf77af2a7e" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342727&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Nazir was found guilty of conspiracy to murder&comma; possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence on Wednesday&comma; June 5 <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-711fcbf01b9e3e5fda5a7f1a5187974a" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342727&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Aslam was found guilty of conspiracy to murder&period; He was cleared of a firearms offense<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-28e02d758011cfebc015562f427f90f9" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342727&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The pair will be sentenced on August 9  <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;06&sol;Aimee-Betro-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-462836" style&equals;"width&colon;821px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Professional assassin Aimee Betro&comma; 44&comma; British authorities said&comma; flew over from her native Milwaukee to kill boutique clothing store owner Sikander Ali on the orders of rival Mohammed Aslam&comma; 56&comma; and his son Mohammed Nazir&comma; 30<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The unassuming female tourist&comma; ostensibly was your typical American tourist to the UK&comma; that is until her secret double life as an alleged assassin-for-hire was exposed when a jammed gun saw her botch a contract killing in the British Midlands&comma; six years ago&period;<br>The alleged assassin-for-hire&comma; 44-year-old Aimee Betro&comma; who studied early childhood education at a local college in Milwaukee&comma; had a day job working as an administrator for the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team&period;<br>Betro reportedly&comma; flew over to the British midlands from her base in Milwaukee to kill boutique clothing store owner Sikander Ali&period; The hit was ordered by the target&&num;8217&semi;s rival&comma; Mohammed Aslam&comma; 56&comma; and his son Mohammed Nazir&comma; 30&comma; according to court documents&period; <br>During trial in Birmingham&comma; UK&comma; the prosecution in court said the hitwoman disguised herself in a hijab before trying to assassinate Ali outside a house in Acocks Green&comma; Birmingham on September 7&comma; 2019&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;06&sol;Aimee-Betro-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-462837" style&equals;"width&colon;832px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Betro &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; whose day job had her working as an administrator for the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team&comma; allegedly disguised herself in a flowing Muslim gown known as the hijab for the attempted cross-continent hit&period; She has since eluded efforts to be taken into custody<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The assassin fled the scene when her gun jammed&comma; but later returned in a taxi and fired three shots at the property before texting their principal target &&num;8211&semi; Sikander Ali&&num;8217&semi;s father&comma; Aslat Mahamud&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Stop playing hide and seek&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;Where are you hiding&quest;&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br>Betro flew back to the US two days after the failed contract killing and today West Midlands Police said efforts to find her &&num;8216&semi;continue&&num;8217&semi;&period; <br>There is no suggestion Betro stands accused of any other attempted hits&period; <br>The father and son duo of Mohammed Aslam&comma; 56&comma; and Nazir Aslam&comma; 30&comma; who were found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder on June 5&comma; held a grudge against Ali&&num;8217&semi;s family following a violent dispute at his boutique clothing store in Birmingham on July 21&comma; 2018&comma; which saw windows smashed and the interior &&num;8216&semi;trashed&&num;8217&semi;&period; <br>Police arrived to find Nazir and Aslam had been injured&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;06&sol;Aimee-Betro-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-462840" style&equals;"width&colon;790px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>In September 2019&comma; Aslam and Nazir flew Betro &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; over to Birmingham to assassinate kill Ali and his family&period; She fled back to the US two days after firing bullets at the Ali&&num;8217&semi;s house in Birmingham&comma; UK&period; She remains a fugitive <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In September 2019&comma; the pair flew Betro over from the States to Birmingham in a bid to kill Ali and his family&period;  <br>During her time in the UK&comma; the hitwoman stayed at hotels in Manchester&comma; Derby&comma; London&comma; Brighton and Birmingham &&num;8211&semi; including a Radisson Blu&period;<br>While in Derby&comma; she allegedly made an insurance claim claiming she had suffered a blown-out tire on a rental car before smashing into two stationary vehicles&comma; one of which was owned by Aslam&period; <br>Before the failed assassination Betro texted Mr Mahamud to ask about buying a Volkswagen Golf from him&period;<br>She then sent further messages saying &&num;8216&semi;who is it your family or you&quest;&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;pick one&&num;8217&semi; as she told the target to meet her at an Asda supermarket&period;<br>On September 6&comma; Nazir and Aslam traveled from their home in Derby to Birmingham city center&comma; with Nazir spending more than two hours in Birmingham&&num;8217&semi;s Rotunda hotel with Betro&comma; who ordered a takeaway from Deliveroo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;06&sol;Mohammed-Aslam-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-462842" style&equals;"width&colon;836px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Convicted&colon; Father and son duo of Mohammed Aslam &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; and Mohammed Nazir&comma; were convicted for conspiracy to commit murder on June 5&period; They held a grudge against Sikander Ali&&num;8217&semi;s family following a violent dispute at his boutique clothing store in Birmingham in July 2018<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;06&sol;Mohammed-Nazir-1-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-462845" style&equals;"width&colon;798px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Convicted&colon; Mohammed Nazir &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; and his dad Aslam hired Wendy Betro for revenge killing against a rival boutique clothing store owner and his relatives&period; Nazir and Aslam were convicted on conspiracy to murder&period; They will be sentenced on Sept 9  <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Birmingham Crown Court heard how Betro&comma; who was disguised in a hijab&comma; pulled up in a Mercedes before Sikander Ali pulled up in an Audi nearby&period;<br>Prosecutor Kevin Hegarty said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;As he did the would-be assassin came from the driver&&num;8217&semi;s side of the Mercedes&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;As she left the Mercedes she left the driver&&num;8217&semi;s door open&period; She walked quite calmly towards Sikander Ali and was pointing a gun at him at head height&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;As she got closer to Sikander Ali he saw her and he saw the gun and she pulled the trigger to fire the gun at him&period; Mercifully and luckily for him the gun jammed&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Hegarty said the target immediately reversed his car at speed and drove off&comma; while Betro fled abandoning her Mercedes nearby&comma; where it was later found by police&period; <br>The next morning&comma; she took a taxi to the house and fired three shots at the property before returning to the taxi and going to a local McDonald&&num;8217&semi;s&period; No one was hit&period; <br>Later Betro sent Aslat Mahamud a text saying &&num;8216&semi;you want to rip me off&comma; you want to be a drugs kingpin go look at your house&period; I will show you&period; Watch your back&period; I will be shedding blood soon&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br>Mahamud replies&colon; &&num;8216&semi;What are you talking about&quest; I&&num;8217&semi;m a family man I have never sold drugs in my life&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Betro fled to the US two days later&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;06&sol;Aimee-Betro-4&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-462847" style&equals;"width&colon;837px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Decoy&colon; Prior to the botched assassination attempt&comma; the hitwoman Wendy Betro &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; texted the target Mahamud inquiring about buying a Volkswagen Golf from him<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Police launched an investigation into the shootings&comma; with the trail leading to Aslam and Nazir&period; Detectives were able to piece together their involvement through their phones&comma; CCTV and financial investigations&period; <br>The jury heard Nazir flew out to America a few days after Betro&comma; who he put down as his point of contact on travel documentation&comma; but he was arrested after his return to the UK the following month&period; Aslam was also arrested&period; <br>Nazir was found guilty of conspiracy to murder&comma; possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence on June 5&period; He was also found guilty of perverting the course of justice and illegally importing firearms over a plot to bring guns into the country and then blame it on another person to frame them&period; <br>Guns had been sent by Betro from Illinois&comma; according to a tip off received by police&period; <br>Aslam was found guilty of conspiracy to murder&period; He was cleared of a firearms offense&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;06&sol;Measham-Grove-in-Acocks-Green-Birmingham-UK-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-462851" style&equals;"width&colon;836px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Measham Grove in Acocks Green&comma; Birmingham&comma; was to be the crime scene&period; Fortunately for Sikander Ali the assassin&&num;8217&semi;s gun jammed as she pulled the trigger <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The pair will be sentenced on August 9&period;  <br>&&num;8216&semi;Aslam and Nazir were determined to take revenge following a fall out where they were injured&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Detective Inspector Matt Marston&comma; from West Midlands Police&comma; said&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;The lengths they went to in trying to make sure they weren&&num;8217&semi;t implicated in pulling the trigger are immense&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;However&comma; thanks to some great police work and support from our Derbyshire colleagues we were able to place them firmly in the middle of the attempted murder plot&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Adding&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Efforts to locate a woman we believe to have been involved in the conspiracy continue&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;06&sol;Measham-Grove-in-Acocks-Green-Birmingham-UK-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-462848" style&equals;"width&colon;839px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Imported US hitwoman&&num;8217&semi;s gun jammed when she confronted the target at Measham Grove in Derbyshire County&comma; in July&comma; 2018<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Derbyshire Police said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;That nobody died as a result of Aslam and Nazir&&num;8217&semi;s actions is through nothing other than sheer good fortune&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Their plan was to kill and had it not been for the gun jamming&comma; then there is a good chance this would have been a murder investigation&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;The importation of firearms is an extremely serious offense&comma; and in this case the purpose was to frame their target in revenge for a previous incident&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;As a police service&comma; we will do everything we can to target those who aim to bring these weapons into our communities and bring them to justice&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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