Evidence ends in 'niqab disguise' murder plot trial

JURORS trying a US citizen accused of involvement in a murder plot in Birmingham have been told they are likely to retire to consider their verdicts next week.

- MATTHEW COOPER News Reporter

Evidence in the trial of Aimee Betro, who denies conspiracy to murder in relation to a plot to kill a rival of her UK-based partner, came to an end yesterday at Birmingham Crown Court.

Prosecutors allege Betro, who is originally from West Allis in Wisconsin but was living in Armenia until earlier this year, flew to Britain in August 2019 to take part in a plot orchestrated by co-conspirators Mohammed Aslam, 56, and his son Mohammed Nabil Nazir, 31, to attack a rival family.

The Crown also claims the 45-year-old graduate hid her face using a niqab when she got out of a Mercedes and tried to shoot Sikander Ali outside his home in Measham Grove, Yardley.