Concern over jail holding would-be 'assassin' threatened to derail trial

US WOMAN REQUIRED HIGH-LEVEL SECURITY

- By CARL JACKSON

CONCERNS over the location of a women’s prison where an would-be “assassin” was being held threatened to derail her trial, it can be revealed.

Aimee Betro has now been jailed for 30 years for her involvement with a Derby father in a plan to murder a shopkeeper Aslat Mahumad or members of his family in September 2019.

The 45-year-old Betro, from Wisconsin, USA, wore a niqab and burka to disguise herself but botched her attempt to shoot the victim’s son Sikander Ali, when her gun jammed.

Betro was on the run for five years before she was arrested in Armenia in 2024.

Her co-conspirators, father and son Mohammed Aslam and Mohammed Nazir, both of Elms Avenue, Derby, were convicted of conspiracy to murder and jailed in November last year for their involvement in the plot. Nazir was jailed for 32 years and Aslam jailed for 10 years. Nazir was also found guilty of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, perverting the course of justice and illegally importing firearms as part of a plan to bring guns into the country.