A US "hitwoman" has denied conspiring to murder a Birmingham shop owner and his family. Aimee Betro was allegedly involved in a plot that saw Aslat Mahumad threatened with a firearm that jammed.

Rodriguez was arrested along with two accomplices: Paula Valentina Joya Rueda, 24, known as "Gorda Sicaria" ("Fat Hitwoman"), and another accomplice identified as "Leopoldo." Police seized a ...