Overview
- Mohammed Azim was convicted of murder by a majority jury verdict on Friday after a two‑week trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
- Prosecutors showed CCTV with audio they say captured Azim’s flatbed Mercedes Sprinter nudging and pursuing Lily Whitehouse before a loud bang consistent with her being pinned against a lamppost.
- Azim made a 999 call in which he falsely claimed a hit‑and‑run, placed Ms Whitehouse in his truck and moved her before emergency crews arrived, conduct police called a fabricated cover‑up.
- A Home Office pathologist told the court Ms Whitehouse suffered catastrophic chest and right‑side injuries, including fractured ribs, a broken upper arm and a lacerated liver, that caused fatal bleeding.
- The trial heard the couple had an on‑off relationship with a large age gap and previous incidents described as abusive, the victim had just visited her premature baby, and sentencing is scheduled for Monday.