{"id":5760,"date":"2026-06-16T19:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/man-41-lied-about-killing-teenage-girlfriend-because-he-panicked-court-hears\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T19:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:05:17","slug":"man-41-lied-about-killing-teenage-girlfriend-because-he-panicked-court-hears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/man-41-lied-about-killing-teenage-girlfriend-because-he-panicked-court-hears\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 41, lied about killing teenage girlfriend because he &#8216;panicked&#8217;, court hears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_153f7e\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Recovery truck driver Mohammed Azim is accused of murdering 19-year-old Lily Whitehouse<\/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=\"37305765\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37305765.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Mohammed-Azim-court-case.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37305765.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_Mohammed-Azim-court-case.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37305765.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Mohammed-Azim-court-case.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37305765.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Mohammed-Azim-court-case.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Screen grab from CCTV footage issued by West Midlands Police of Mohammed Azim trying to tell police officers he saw someone hit Lily and then leave the scene.\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Screen grab from CCTV footage issued by West Midlands Police of Mohammed Azim trying to tell police officers he saw someone hit Lily and then leave the scene.<cite aria-label=\"Image: West Midlands Police\/PA Wire\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: West Midlands Police\/PA Wire)<\/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 41-year-old man accused of murdering his teenage girlfriend by crushing her against a lamppost in a recovery truck told jurors he lied about the hit-and-run because he &#8220;panicked&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Mohammed Azim is accused of using his flatbed truck as a &#8220;weapon&#8221; to pin 19-year-old Lily Whitehouse against a lamppost after they got into an argument on his 41st birthday in Oldbury on November 5 last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The teenager, who was a mother to a young child fathered by another man, died from catastrophic chest injuries after being crushed by the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Azim, who is on trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court, denies murder, telling a jury on Monday he hit her accidentally after dropping her off near her home.<\/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-37305819\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37305819\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37305819.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_Lily-Whitehouse-death.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37305819.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/1_Lily-Whitehouse-death.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37305819.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Lily-Whitehouse-death.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37305819.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_Lily-Whitehouse-death.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Lily Whitehouse, 19, was killed after being driven into by a flatbed truck\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Lily Whitehouse, 19, was killed after being driven into by a flatbed truck<cite aria-label=\"Image: PA\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: PA)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, when initially questioned by officers, he told police another vehicle had hit Ms Whitehouse and fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Rachel Brand KC, prosecuting, told the jury how Azim has repeatedly lied about Ms Whitehouse&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He told police and paramedics he had seen Ms Whitehouse get hit by a car that had driven off and left the scene, a story they found \u201cstrange\u201d, but he told his trial he had accidentally run her over as he tried to leave her and go home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cYou were angry with her that night and you chased her down the road in your truck, didn\u2019t you?\u201d Ms Brand asked the defendant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He said: \u201cNo that\u2019s 100% not true, there was no need for me to chase her\u2026 when I was about to leave she wanted to come back with me, that\u2019s the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ms Brand said the defendant told the 999 call handler he had seen her hit by a car because he was trying to protect himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWhen you told that lie, you were thinking of yourself weren\u2019t you, because you didn\u2019t want to get the blame,\u201d Ms Brand said during cross-examination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The defendant replied: \u201cI didn\u2019t believe myself that this had happened. I was lost, my head was all over the place.\u201d<\/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-37305837\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37305837\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.76\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37305837.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Mohammed-Azim-court-case.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37305837.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Mohammed-Azim-court-case.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37305837.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Mohammed-Azim-court-case.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37305837.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Mohammed-Azim-court-case.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"CCTV footage shows Mohammed in his Mercedes Sprinter van pushing Lily down the road just moments before she was allegedly fatally crushed. \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">CCTV footage shows Mohammed in his Mercedes Sprinter van pushing Lily down the road just moments before she was allegedly fatally crushed. <cite aria-label=\"Image: West Midlands Police\/PA Wire\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: West Midlands Police\/PA Wire)<\/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 added: \u201cYou kept up these lies when paramedics and police arrived, you told them it happened down there, you pointed at an SUV type vehicle and said it was like that one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cYou said \u2018I wish I could have chased him\u2019, didn\u2019t you? You also said \u2018That motherf*****, if I could catch him I would kill him\u2019, didn\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Accepting he had said that, Azim said: \u201cI wasn\u2019t in control myself, I was totally lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The prosecutor said Azim had also lied repeatedly to doctors who had visited him while he was in custody, including saying he did not have a romantic relationship with the victim, that he could not speak to one professional because there was no Mirpuri interpreter, and that he could not have dropped Ms Whitehouse off at her home in Amber Drive, Oldbury, on the night of the fatal incident because there were \u201cdrugs people after her\u201d.<\/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-37305835\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37305835\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.26\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37305835.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Mohammed-Azim-court-case.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37305835.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Mohammed-Azim-court-case.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37305835.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Mohammed-Azim-court-case.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37305835.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Mohammed-Azim-court-case.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The teenager was mother to a newborn baby\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The teenager was mother to a newborn baby<cite aria-label=\"Image: West Midlands Police\/PA Wire\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: West Midlands Police\/PA Wire)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Azim said he could not remember saying these things because he has been on medication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ms Brand said: \u201cYour main thought has been to pretend it wasn\u2019t your fault, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The defendant replied: \u201cNo\u2026 it didn\u2019t feel real to me, my head was all over the place, I panicked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Asked why he told police after his arrest that he could not remember what had happened to Ms Whitehouse, Azim said: \u201cI wasn\u2019t in my control, I was lost, I panicked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cIt was shocking, it was a shock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ms Brand asked: \u201cDidn\u2019t you want to tell the police it had been a terrible accident?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The defendant said: \u201cIt took me a long time to recover from this trauma, I was lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Wiping his eyes with a tissue as he was asked by his defence barrister Imran Shafi KC how his mental state was, <em>Azim<\/em> said he is no longer under observation due to concerns he may take his own life, but was still on medication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He said: \u201cIf I could give my life to bring her back, I would,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The trial continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">This is a Breaking News story. 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