UK - Birmingham. American hitwoman Aimee Betro, 45 on trial for conspiracy to murder. Co-conspirators found guilty.
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The cat running out from under the white car at 00:09CCTV footage of the gun-jam incident and then shooting at the empty house in this article:
Woman on trial over Birmingham shop owner murder plot
Aimee Betro denies conspiracy to murder, firearm possession with intent and importing ammunition.www.bbc.co.uk
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It certainly looks like it.
I didn't expect the verdict to be particularly swift, but I thought the jury would be done by the end of last week at least!
Majority Direction Given!
ETA quote from article:
Jurors have so far been in retirement for more than 15 hours over four days.
After the jury confirmed on Monday that it had yet to reach unanimous verdicts on any of the counts faced by Betro, Judge Simon Drew KC gave the panel a majority direction.
Before inviting jurors to resume their discussions, the judge told them: “I ask you to continue to deliberate and to continue to try to reach verdicts on which you are all agreed.”
The judge said he could now accept verdicts or either guilty or not guilty on which at least 10 of the 12 jurors agreed.
The judge added: “But it cannot be less than that (10).”
ETA quote from article:
Jurors have so far been in retirement for more than 15 hours over four days.
After the jury confirmed on Monday that it had yet to reach unanimous verdicts on any of the counts faced by Betro, Judge Simon Drew KC gave the panel a majority direction.
Before inviting jurors to resume their discussions, the judge told them: “I ask you to continue to deliberate and to continue to try to reach verdicts on which you are all agreed.”
The judge said he could now accept verdicts or either guilty or not guilty on which at least 10 of the 12 jurors agreed.
The judge added: “But it cannot be less than that (10).”
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What are they doing ?? !
JMO obviously!
JMO obviously!
This has to be one of the most ridiculous images I have ever seen emerge from a criminal trial. Can you even imagine hiring an "assassin" from the United States, and this is what arrives at the airport?
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US assassin in burka disguise 'botched' murder shooting jury told
Aimee Betro, aged 45, from Wisconsin, USA, stands trial at Birmingham Crown Court where she denies conspiracy to murder
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I agree that this whole thing's a clown show, but surely the most effective assassin is one that doesn't look like an assassin?This has to be one of the most ridiculous images I have ever seen emerge from a criminal trial. Can you even imagine hiring an "assassin" from the United States, and this is what arrives at the airport?
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US assassin in burka disguise 'botched' murder shooting jury told
Aimee Betro, aged 45, from Wisconsin, USA, stands trial at Birmingham Crown Court where she denies conspiracy to murder
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Oh I agree but I definitely would be feeling slightly nervous !
Certainly not feeling the love here !
Certainly not feeling the love here !
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It'd certainly make my Assassin's Creed games play a little differently if the character was wheeling a giant pink suitcase with them wherever they went. Would definitely affect the sneaky factor.
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Sensible cat: I’d do the same!The cat running out from under the white car at 00:09
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At Last!
A would-be assassin who tried to shoot a rival at point-blank range while disguised in a niqab has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder.
Aimee Betro, 45, who is originally from the US, flew to the UK as part of a revenge plot orchestrated by co-conspirators Mohammed Aslam, 59, and Mohammed Nabil Nazir, 31, to attack a family they had been feuding with.
Birmingham crown court heard how she had tried to shoot Sikander Ali outside his home in Yardley, Birmingham, on the evening of 7 September 2019, but her handgun jammed.
Betro, who fled to the US while Aslam and Nazir were tried in the same court, will be sentenced at a later date.
More details soon …
www.theguardian.com
A would-be assassin who tried to shoot a rival at point-blank range while disguised in a niqab has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder.
Aimee Betro, 45, who is originally from the US, flew to the UK as part of a revenge plot orchestrated by co-conspirators Mohammed Aslam, 59, and Mohammed Nabil Nazir, 31, to attack a family they had been feuding with.
Birmingham crown court heard how she had tried to shoot Sikander Ali outside his home in Yardley, Birmingham, on the evening of 7 September 2019, but her handgun jammed.
Betro, who fled to the US while Aslam and Nazir were tried in the same court, will be sentenced at a later date.
More details soon …
Would-be niqab assassin guilty of conspiracy to murder in Birmingham
Aimee Betro disguised herself and tried to shoot Sikander Ali at point-blank range when her gun jammed, finds court
US woman Aimee Betro convicted over failed assassination in UK
Aimee Betro has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder over the failed shooting in 2018.
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She'll be an old woman by the time she gets back to the States. Mohammed Nazir got 32 years for his part in this conspiracy, and Betro was the one who actually pulled the trigger.
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yes and no - as they're not life sentences so there's a strong chance they'll only be in prison for half of their sentences before being released on parole.
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A life sentence is possible for conspiracy to commit murder, and as the one who pulled the trigger, she's likely to get a more serious sentence than the others -
Where the relevant offence or any of the relevant offences is an offence of any of the following descriptions, that is to say—
(a)murder, or any other offence the sentence for which is fixed by law;
(b)an offence for which a sentence extending to imprisonment for life is provided; or
(c)an indictable offence punishable with imprisonment for which no maximum term of imprisonment is provided,
the person convicted shall be liable to imprisonment for life.
Criminal Law Act 1977
An Act to amend the law of England and Wales with respect to criminal conspiracy; to make new provision in that law, in place of the provisions of the common law and the Statutes of Forcible Entry, for restricting the use or threat of violence for securing entry into any premises and for...
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Strange looking creature Bobby !
Thanks for the updates on this one …. Bizarre !
Thanks for the updates on this one …. Bizarre !
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Jailed for 30 years.
www.bbc.co.uk
US woman Aimee Betro being sentenced over failed Birmingham assassination
Betro was convicted of conspiracy to murder after trying to shoot a man in Birmingham following a feud.
www.bbc.co.uk
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