Woman, 45, charged with conspiracy to kill man after being extradited to UK
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A woman is being charged with conspiracy to murder a shop owner in Birmingham in 2019, after she was extradited from Armenia. US citizen Aimee Betro, 45, was flown into Gatwick Airport this afternoon by specialist officers from the National Crime Agency.
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She was transported to the West Midlands where she is also charged with possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. She is also being charged in relation to the alleged importation of ammunition into the UK. Betro, who was extradited after being arrested in Armenia last summer, will appear before Birmingham Magistrates Court on Friday.
![[American 'hitwoman' on the run Aimee Betro tracked down in Armenia Dramatic CCTV shows the moment plain-clothes Armenian police officers led her away from her flat this morning MUST USE MUZZED FRAMES OF POLICE A fugitive suspected hitwoman-for-hire was arrested in a dramatic dawn raid this morning after MailOnline tracked her down to a rented one-bed flat on the outskirts of Armenia's capital. American citizen Aimee Betro, 44, had been internationally-wanted since an attempted hit in September 2019, which allegedly saw her weapon jam as she tried to gun down clothing store owner Sikander Ali outside a house in Birmingham on the orders of rival Mohammed Aslam, 56, and his son Mohammed Nazir, 30.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_211279949-82db.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
It follows an incident in South Yardley in September 2019 where a man was threatened with a firearm by someone disguised in a hijab but their weapon jammed, allowing him to escape. Two men were jailed for conspiracy to murder last year after being convicted at trial.
West Midlands Police have been working with the Crown Prosecution Service, Derbyshire Constabulary and the NCA to extradite Betro since her arrest. Ben Samples, deputy chief crown prosecutor for the CPS in the West Midlands, said: ‘The CPS has authorised West Midlands Police to charge Aimee Betro with conspiracy to murder a Birmingham resident.
‘Aimee Betro from Wisconsin in the USA will be charged for her alleged part in a conspiracy to murder the owner of a Birmingham clothing store and members of his family on September 8, 2019. ‘She will also be charged with possession of a firearm with intent relating to the same incident and a separate charge of being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of a prohibition on the importation of goods, namely ammunition. This relates to a later incident involving firearms components shipped from the USA to the UK.’.
