Man Jailed for Raping and Killing Natalie Shotter

Mohammed Iidow will spend at least a decade in prison

Natalie Shotter. Picture: Met Police

December 16, 2024

The man found guilty this October of raping and killing Natalie Shotter in a Southall Park has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of ten years and eight months.

35-year-old Mohammed Noor Iidow of St Paul’s Close, Hounslow heard his fate at the Old Bailey on Friday, 13 December.

He had been convicted of rape and manslaughter after the jury refused to believe his claims that the sex he had with his victim was consensual and that she was alive when he left her on a park bench on 16 July 2021. She was found dead the next morning by a member of the public.

37-year-old Natalie, who was a mother of three, was as a clinical administrator for the NHS had been taken ill after a night out.

Although her death was originally treated as non-suspicious after the cause of death was found to be a heart attack, detectives eventually found CCTV footage from the night of the attack, detectives discovered Iidow walking past Natalie multiple times before approaching her and raping her repeatedly. He then left her on the bench and drove home. He was arrested at his home in Hounslow on 4 August 2021.

The trial heard detailed expert testimony on how Iidow’s rapes had brought on the heart attack that killed her.

The police’s investigation uncovered that, while he was being investigated for rape, Iidow engaged in sexually explicit online chat with a girl he believed to be 13 years of age.

Detective Chief Inspector Wayne Jolley, from Specialist Crime South said, “No sentence can reverse the pain that Natalie’s family have had to endure over the past few years. I commend the determination, strength and dignity they have shown.

“Iidow’s offences are shocking and difficult to comprehend. This man drove to the park that night and took advantage of a women, who then died as a result of his actions.

“Those involved in the investigation were committed throughout to prove that Natalie’s death was caused by being raped. This was a complex and challenging investigation, however Iidow will now be spending a significant amount of time behind bars.”