From the start, Betro denied her involvement and told the trial it was “all just a terrible coincidence” that she was around the corner from the scene of the attempted assassination six minutes later.
She claimed it was in fact the work of “another American woman” who sounded similar to her, used the same phone and wore the same sort of trainers.
Jurors found her guilty of conspiracy to murder by majority verdict after almost 21 hours of deliberation.
Det Ch Insp Orencas described Betro as someone who was “extremely dangerous and extremely motivated to cause the worst harm to people”.
Nor was her involvement “off-the-cuff… madness” but pre-planned with others across continents, he added.
“I think [she] has had a somewhat problematic relationship with the truth in not accepting what she was accused of.”
Asked if he believed Betro was paid or had acted out of loyalty to her partner Nazir, the officer said: “We’ve not seen evidence of payments.
“They met on a dating site, whether this is a partner doing something for another partner, again, there’s no clear evidence of that. I see it as a criminal association and a murderous plot.”
Aslam, 56, and Nazir, 31, were jailed for conspiracy to murder in November 2024.
Betro will be sentenced on 21 August.