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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Diane Taylor

The killing of Natalie Shotter: what the death of a beloved mother and daughter reveals about rape

Family photograph of Natalie Shotter wearing woollen hat and scarf.
Natalie Shotter … she was attacked while unconscious on a park bench in London. Composite: Courtesy of the Family

Dr Cas Shotter Weetman was steeling herself to face the man who killed her daughter. “All the fibres of your body are on high alert. The fight-or-flight instinct kicks in. Sometimes he looked at me for a good few seconds but I was determined to stare him out.”

In the dock at the Old Bailey, Mohamed Iidow appeared detached. He rarely flinched, even when grainy CCTV footage was shown to the jury as part of the prosecution case that his victim, Natalie Shotter, was orally raped by him “until she died” while she lay unconscious on a park bench. Some members of the jury could not hide their distress.

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