She was a creative and talented NHS worker, who was attacked while unconscious and later found dead. Her case led to a landmark conviction that will hopefully help other women

Dr Cas Shotter Weetman was steeling herself to face the man who killed her daughter. “All the fibres of your body are on high alert. The fight-or-flight instinct kicks in. Sometimes he looked at me for a good few seconds but I was determined to stare him out.”

In the dock at the Old Bailey, Mohamed Iidow appeared detached. He rarely flinched, even when grainy CCTV footage was shown to the jury as part of the prosecution case that his victim, Natalie Shotter, was orally raped by him “until she died” while she lay unconscious on a park bench. Some members of the jury could not hide their distress.