A woman who flew from the US to kill a Birmingham shop owner as part of a violent feud has been jailed for 30 years.
Aimee Betro, 45, tried to shoot shopkeeper Sikander Ali at point-blank range outside his home in September 2019 but the gun jammed and he fled.
Betro was part of a plot with Mohammed Nabil Nazir, 31, and his father, Mohammed Aslam, 56, who were in a feud with Mr Ali’s family.
During her trial, Betro said she had travelled to the UK on two previous occasions after meeting Nazir on a dating app.
CCTV showed her waiting for 45 minutes outside Mr Ali’s house on 7 September 2019.
Wearing a niqab to hide her identity, Betro approached him but the gun failed to fire and Mr Ali jumped back into his car and escaped.
The court heard she then goaded Mr Ali’s father, Aslat Mahumad, with whom her co-conspirators had a feud, with texts including: “Stop playing hide and seek, you are lucky it jammed,” and asking him to meet her at an Asda.
She returned to Mr Ali’s home a few hours later and fired three shots at the property, but it was empty, and Betro fled to the US the next day.
The trial was told her co-conspirators had been injured during disorder at Mr Mahumad’s clothing shop in 2018, leading them to plot to have someone kill him or a member of his family.
Betro was found guilty of conspiracy to murder earlier this month, while Nazir and Aslam were jailed in November to 32 years and 10 years respectively.
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