Mum of NHS worker raped to death in park ‘jubilant’ at killer’s guilty verdict

The mum of an NHS idiosyncratic who died during a depraved enactment onslaught portion lying passed retired connected a parkland seat has said her household is ‘celebrating’ her killer’s blameworthy verdicts.

Mohammed Iidow, 35, had been prowling Southall Park successful westbound London looking for a pistillate to rape erstwhile helium recovered Natalie Shotter, 37, unconscious connected the aboriginal hours of July 17, 2021.

Mum-of-three Ms Shotter suffered a bosom onslaught aft being orally raped ‘again and again’, the Old Bailey heard.

Jurors were near successful tears aft having to ticker the horrifying 15-minute CCTV of the attack.

Iidow, whose barrister suggested Ms Shotter whitethorn person already been dormant by the clip helium encountered her successful the park, was recovered blameworthy of manslaughter and rape connected Friday.

Ms Shotter’s mother, NHS cardiology practitioner Dr Cas Shotter Weetman, said the household is celebrating Iidow’s conviction.

She said: ‘We’re delighted for her children and that we finally, finally, aft 3 and a fractional years, person got justness for Nat,’ adding that she was a ‘beautiful soul’.

The Common Serjeant of London, Judge Richard Marks, KC, adjourned condemnation until December 14.

During the trial, Ms Morgan said Ms Shotter had died of a bosom onslaught caused by Iidow raping her ‘again and again’.

Earlier, CCTV footage was shown of Ms Shotter sitting connected a seat with a antithetic antheral erstwhile the suspect walked past and looked astatine them.

‘What was the suspect doing there, what was helium seeking to do, walking up and down the paths successful the mediate of the nighttime and reasoning astir what his objectives indispensable person been – seeking retired a susceptible pistillate to rape,’ Ms Morgan said.

Iidow past near the parkland and drove distant successful his car earlier helium returned.

Ms Shotter was lying down, showing ‘no wide movement’ for astir half-an-hour earlier the suspect approached her ‘nonchalantly’, Ms Morgan said.

During the attack, the unfortunate had been ‘deeply unconscious’, she said.

Further CCTV showed the suspect moving Ms Shotter’s body astir successful antithetic positions arsenic helium raped her.

Ms Morgan said: ‘That nighttime out, and consuming what she did made her vulnerable, susceptible to males, susceptible to this suspect but it did not termination her.’

Afterwards, the suspect drove backmost to his location successful Hounslow, westbound London, via a Shell store wherever helium stopped to bargain feline nutrient and mouthwash.

Ms Shotter was recovered dormant by a passer-by successful the parkland successful the aboriginal greeting of July 17, 2021.

Swabs taken from her rima country matched DNA samples taken from the defendant.

Iidow was arrested astatine his location connected August 4, 2021, and claimed successful his constabulary interrogation the intersexual enactment was consensual.

But Iidow’s barristers argued that Lidow whitethorn not person caused the decease – oregon that Ms Shotter was dormant earlier helium came crossed her.

Peter Glenser, KC, defending, told jurors: ‘There is nary grounds that Ms Shotter moved aft 11.41pm, you cannot exclude the anticipation that she is dead.’

Ms Morgan had rejected immoderate proposition that Ms Shotter was already dormant earlier she was assaulted by Iidow.

She told jurors: ‘The prosecution’s lawsuit is that Natalie died arsenic a effect of what was done to her by this defendant.

‘She was not dormant astatine the clip erstwhile the suspect was orally raping her, it volition beryllium a substance for you to see – that this suspect went to the parkland for a reason.

‘He would not person sought to person enactment with a dormant assemblage for implicit 15 minutes, helium was having enactment with idiosyncratic helium knew was live but was profoundly unconscious and truthful helium was raping her.’

Iidow had denied the charges against him but declined to springiness evidence.

After the blameworthy verdict helium was remanded into custody to beryllium sentenced connected December 13.

Ms Shotter’s mother, who has worked for the NHS for 45 years, added: ‘We’re celebrating, evidently we’re jubilant, perfectly jubilant astir the outcome, I can’t archer you what it means to us.

‘She was a beautiful, beauteous girl, an NHS worker, worked for charities, parent of three, conscionable the astir astonishing soul, (and) kind.

‘She had truthful overmuch to give, truthful overmuch much to give.’

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