Suspected murderer wanted in West Midlands taken into custody | News

Aimee Betro is wanted by West Midlands Police in connection with an attempted murder in Birmingham in September 2019

A suspected murderer wanted by police in Britain has been arrested after she was found in a housing estate on the outskirts of the Armenian capital.

Aimee Betro is wanted by West Midlands Police in connection with an attempted murder in Birmingham in September 2019, in which two men were convicted earlier this year of conspiracy to commit murder.

Father and son Mohammed Aslam, 56, and Mohammed Nazir, 30, both of Elms Avenue, Derby, are due to be sentenced next month after allegedly employing Wisconsin native Betro , to shoot a businessman outside his home in Acocks Green. .

A trial at Birmingham Crown Court was told that Betro was wearing a hijab as a disguise, but her gun jammed at the scene of the shooting attempt.

West Midlands Police said it was aware of “developments” and officers were liaising with the relevant authorities after Betro’s location was established by Daily Mail journalists using details from her social media posts.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Police of the Republic of Armenia said that the 44-year-old man was found and arrested on Tuesday in the Vanahovit district of Proshyan village on the northwestern outskirts of Yerevan.

The statement added that the suspect was wanted by UK law enforcement agencies on charges of conspiracy to commit murder and unlawful possession of a firearm.

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