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Matthew Cooper

Jury given majority direction in trial of US woman accused of murder plot

Undated handout CCTV image issued by West Midlands Police that was shown to a jury at Birmingham Crown and is said to show US citizien Aimee Betro in Birmingham following the attempted shooting of Sikander Ali in September 2019 (West Midlands Police/PA) - (PA Media)

Jurors trying a US citizen accused of involvement in a murder plot in the UK in 2019 have been given a majority direction by the trial judge.

The jury in the trial of Aimee Betro, who denies conspiracy to murder, possessing a self-loading pistol and a charge of fraudulently evading the prohibition on importing ammunition, first retired to consider its verdicts on Wednesday last week.

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