Man convicted of murder over girlfriend's fatal van attack
A man has been found guilty of murdering his teenage girlfriend by crushing her to death against a lamp-post.
Lily Whitehouse, 19, suffered fatal chest injuries in the attack in Oldbury, West Midlands, on 5 November, hours after visiting her premature baby in an intensive care unit.
Mohammed Azim, 41, had denied using his van as a weapon, initially claiming she was hit by another vehicle in a hit-and-run, but was convicted at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday.
The court was shown CCTV footage of Azim pushing the teenager with his vehicle before causing catastrophic chest injuries.
A Home Office pathologist found Whitehouse had suffered injuries predominantly to her right side while in an upright position, including a broken upper arm, fractured ribs, a laceration to her liver and traumatic injuries to her chest, which caused
"severe bleeding"and led to her death.
Azim picked her up and put her in his van while dialling 999 and claiming he had seen her being hit by a vehicle that did not stop at the scene.
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