A sexual predator who who raped and killed an NHS worker in an attack on a park bench has been jailed for life.
Mohamed Iidow repeatedly sexually assaulted 37-year-old Natalie Shotter while she was passed out in Southall Park, west London, after a night out.
Following an Old Bailey trial, Iidow, 35, was found guilty of rape and manslaughter. He has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 10 years and eight months.
Jurors were not told of his previous conviction for sexual activity by seeking to groom young people online.
Mohamed Iidow was found guilty of rape and manslaughter
Met Police
Prosecutor Alison Morgan KC said Shotter had died of a heart attack caused by Iidow raping her “again and again.”
Earlier, CCTV footage was shown of Shotter sitting on a bench with a different man when the defendant walked past and looked at them.
Shotter was lying down, showing “no clear movement” for around half an hour before the defendant approached her “nonchalantly”, Morgan said. During the attack, the victim had been “deeply unconscious”, she said.
Afterwards, the defendant drove back to his home in Hounslow, west London, via a Shell garage where he stopped to buy cat food and mouthwash. Shotter was found dead by a passer-by in the park in the early morning of July 17 2021.
Natalie Shotter
Met Police
Shotter’s mother, NHS cardiology practitioner Dr Cas Shotter Weetman, paid tribute to her daughter after what she described as an “absolutely unbearable” trial.
She said she was a “beautiful soul” and the “kindest girl” who would help others, as well as a “great mum” to her three children aged five to 19.
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