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Who Is Aimee Betro: 'Hijab Hitwoman' Guilty Of Conspiracy To Murder In UK

A screen capture of Aimee Betro via CCTV obtained by the West Midlands Police. (Credit: West Midlands Police/West Midlands Police)

An American woman has been found guilty in Birmingham of conspiring to murder a man during a failed assassination attempt in 2019.

Aimee Betro, 45, from Wisconsin, was described in court as the 'hijab hitwoman' after disguising herself in a niqab before trying to shoot her target at point-blank range. The attack, which prosecutors said was part of a revenge plot between rival families, failed when her gun jammed.

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