{"id":5191,"date":"2026-06-09T12:41:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/man-crushed-girlfriend-19-to-death-with-truck-after-she-visited-her-baby-in-hospital\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:41:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:41:47","slug":"man-crushed-girlfriend-19-to-death-with-truck-after-she-visited-her-baby-in-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/man-crushed-girlfriend-19-to-death-with-truck-after-she-visited-her-baby-in-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Man &#8216;crushed girlfriend, 19, to death with truck&#8217; after she visited her baby in hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_9ce6e9\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Mohammed Azim, 41, allegedly killed his 19-year-old girlfriend Lily Whitehouse in Oldbury in the West Midlands by pinning her up against a lamppost with his truck, a court has heard<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\"><\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37269182\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lily Whitehouse, 19, was killed on Old Park Lane in Oldbury, West Midlands\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37269182.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/1_CCTV-shows-van-driving-on-pavement-after-hit-and-run-murder-of-teenager.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37269182.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/1_CCTV-shows-van-driving-on-pavement-after-hit-and-run-murder-of-teenager.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37269182.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/1_CCTV-shows-van-driving-on-pavement-after-hit-and-run-murder-of-teenager.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37269182.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/1_CCTV-shows-van-driving-on-pavement-after-hit-and-run-murder-of-teenager.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Lily Whitehouse, 19, was killed on Old Park Lane in Oldbury, West Midlands\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Lily Whitehouse, 19, was killed on Old Park Lane in Oldbury, West Midlands<cite aria-label=\"Image: gofundme \/ SWNS\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: gofundme \/ SWNS)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man murdered a young mother by pinning her up against a lamppost with his truck during an argument on his birthday after she had visited her baby in hospital, a court has heard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Mohammed Azim is alleged to have killed his 19-year-old girlfriend Lily Whitehouse in Oldbury in the West Midlands on Bonfire Night last year \u2013 his 41st birthday, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Azim, a recovery truck driver who was assisted in the dock by a Mirpuri interpreter but speaks \u201creasonably good\u201d English, denies murdering Ms Whitehouse by crushing her against a lamppost in Old Park Lane with his <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/mercedes-f1\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Mercedes<\/a> Sprinter vehicle, causing her fatal injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The defendant, who wore a navy suit with a pale blue shirt, showed no reaction in the dock while members of Ms Whitehouse\u2019s family wiped tears in the public gallery as prosecution counsel Rachel Brand KC outlined their case.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37269178\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37269178\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.42\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police have released a CCTV image showing a white van driving along the road where Lily was hit \" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37269178.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_CCTV-shows-van-driving-on-pavement-after-hit-and-run-murder-of-teenager.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37269178.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/1_CCTV-shows-van-driving-on-pavement-after-hit-and-run-murder-of-teenager.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37269178.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_CCTV-shows-van-driving-on-pavement-after-hit-and-run-murder-of-teenager.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37269178.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_CCTV-shows-van-driving-on-pavement-after-hit-and-run-murder-of-teenager.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"CCTV image showing a white van driving along the road where Lily was hit \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">CCTV image showing a white van driving along the road where Lily was hit <cite aria-label=\"Image: West Midlands Police \/ SWNS\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: West Midlands Police \/ SWNS)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ms Brand said Ms Whitehouse had been visiting her baby, who was fathered by another man and was born in September 2025, in the neonatal intensive care unit at Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley on the evening she was killed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Azim, of Tividale Road in Tipton, and Ms Whitehouse had been in an on-off relationship since 2023 and the defendant, who had previously been married but was divorced, had picked her up after she got off a bus from the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Instead of driving the victim to her home in Amber Drive, Oldbury, Azim drove past her address and to Old Park Lane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ms Brand told the jury of seven men and five women: \u201cOne of the things you will have to consider is why the defendant did that \u2013 why did he drive past if he was giving her a lift home, why not drop her off?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe say the likelihood is the two were having an argument and that explains why he drove past the road where she lived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">CCTV from a nearby school that had audio captured the sound of Azim\u2019s recovery truck idling just out of view of the camera for around 16 minutes before the truck comes into view and Ms Whitehouse is seen walking quickly along the road on the driver\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cThe defendant is driving the truck as if he was nudging or pushing her along the road,\u201d Ms Brand told the court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cLily started running, the vehicle is pursuing her at a low speed but, nevertheless, we say he was clearly using that large, heavy vehicle as a weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">As the truck goes out of view, a \u201clarge bang\u201d is heard on the CCTV, Ms Brand said, which the prosecution suggest was the truck striking a lamppost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She said: \u201cWe believe she was crushed against a lamppost, perhaps with the driver\u2019s door of the truck open at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A Home Office pathologist found Ms 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 \u201csevere bleeding\u201d and led to her death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">After Ms Whitehouse was injured, Azim is alleged to have picked her up and put her in his truck while dialling 999 and claiming he had seen her being hit by a vehicle that did not stop at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Stopping his truck in nearby Park Street and putting Ms Whitehouse on the pavement, he was \u201cagitated\u201d when police and paramedics arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cHe told them they took too long to arrive, and that she was gone. When police spoke to him he gave detailed description about what happened, said he\u2019d seen it happen and wished he had been able to chase the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cParamedics and doctors did all they could to try and save Lily but it became clear they couldn\u2019t do so and she was pronounced dead on the pavement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cPolice thought the defendant\u2019s account was odd. He admitted he knew Ms Whitehouse and it seemed to be a strange coincidence that he witnessed a hit and run with someone known to him and picked her up and put her in his truck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cHe was arrested on suspicion of murder. In interview, he said nothing at all about how she came by her injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cHe answered no comment to most questions about his relationship with Lily and how she came by her death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cIt means police had to do their best to piece together what happened without any assistance from him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She added: \u201cThe defendant may try to suggest she fell to the ground and he accidentally ran her over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe suggest that cannot be true considering the loud banging noise that is heard. That is the truck impacting with something hard, not the sound of a truck hitting a slightly built woman who was 5ft 3in and less than seven stone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe say it is highly significant that the defendant chose to pick up Lily Whitehouse and put her in his truck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cInstead of simply calling the emergency services to come to the place where she was injured, he wanted to distance himself and her from the place it happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWithin minutes he was lying. To prove the charge of murder we have to satisfy you that when the defendant caused those fatal injuries, he either intended to kill her or at the very least, intended to cause her very serious injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe say you will be sure the defendant is guilty of murder. Any person who deliberately drives a large, heavy truck at a person and either pins them up against a lamppost or runs them over can only have intended to cause at least really serious harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She added: \u201cActions speak louder than words, we say. Regretting it afterwards is not a defence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The trial, which is expected to last two weeks in front of High Court judge Mr Justice Murray, continues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/man-crushed-girlfriend-19-death-37269158\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohammed Azim, 41, allegedly killed his 19-year-old girlfriend Lily Whitehouse in Oldbury in the West<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1_CCTV-shows-van-driving-on-pavement-after-hit-and-run-murder-of-teenager.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}