A teenage mother was crushed to death after her jealous 41-year-old boyfriend slammed his truck into her following an argument over her having a baby with another man, a jury has heard.
Alleged murder weapon
Lily Whitehouse, 19, was trapped against a lamppost when Mohammed Azim allegedly used his Mercedes Sprinter recovery truck as a weapon to kill her. The prosecution told Wolverhampton Crown Court that Azim deliberately drove at the 5ft 3in, seven-stone woman after a dispute.
Moments before the incident, Lily had climbed out of his van and was running along the road as he pursued her in the vehicle before hitting her, the court heard. Azim then picked up her body, placed it in the truck, and drove around the corner before calling emergency services.
False claims of hit-and-run
In a 999 call played to the jury, Azim could be heard screaming and shouting but refusing to perform CPR, telling call handlers, 'she's dead bro'. He claimed his girlfriend had been struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run, but prosecutor Rachel Brand KC said he was lying within minutes.
Brand added that evidence showed Lily's injuries were consistent with her being upright at the time, contradicting suggestions she had fallen and been accidentally run over.
Background of the relationship
The couple had been in an on-off relationship since 2023. Lily gave birth to a daughter in September 2025, fathered by another man during a period when she and Azim were not together. On the day of her death, November 5, 2025, she had visited her baby in a hospital neonatal ward in Dudley.
Azim picked her up from the hospital but drove past her flat, leading to an argument captured on CCTV. The footage shows Lily walking quickly along the road as the truck pursued her, which Brand said demonstrated Azim was 'clearly using that large, heavy vehicle as a weapon'. A loud bang is heard as the truck goes out of view, believed to be the vehicle striking a lamppost.
Azim, assisted in the dock by a Mirpuri interpreter but speaking 'reasonably good' English, was described as 'agitated' when police and paramedics arrived. He was arrested on suspicion of murder and made no comment in police interview.
The trial, expected to last two weeks, continues.
