A man found guilty of inserting his genitals into a woman's mouth until she died has been sentenced to what is known as a “life” sentence in Britain, with a minimum term of 10 years and 8 months.
Mohamed Rideau, 35, was found guilty in October 2024 of raping Natalie Shotter, a 37-year-old hospital administrator and mother of three. A judge at England's Central Criminal Court Old Bailey on Friday called Rideau a “dangerous criminal” and sentenced him to life in prison for rape and manslaughter.
but Under the British system In practice, life sentences (criminals are never released) are relatively rare, and Rideau was given a so-called “penalty” of 10 years in 8 months. After serving his sentence, he will be eligible for parole if the parole board deems he is no longer a danger to the public.
as reported According to the BBC, further details of the incident that are now known include that Rideau was found guilty, and while he was being investigated for rape in 2022 after the attack, he “blatantly had sex with a girl believed to be 13 years old”. It was revealed that he had been caught having a sexual conversation with the suspect. old.
In the early hours of July 16, 2021, Rideau discovered his victim, Natalie Shotter, on a park bench in west London and attacked her. Shotter was drinking with a friend when she passed out, and surveillance footage showed Rideau raping her and moving on her. Despite this evidence, he maintained that the sexual act that killed Shotter was consensual, and his lawyers later flipped the story to avoid a manslaughter conviction. Shotter was already dead before Rideau found her and claimed he was dead. The fact that he raped her dead body.
As evidence against Rideau was reported in October:
Prosecutor Morgan said: “He took his penis out of his cargo shorts, grabbed Natalie by the head and positioned his head so that he could put his penis in her mouth… Her head tipped back slightly. The defendant is now standing in front of her and pulls her head towards his crotch, but when she is not supported, her head falls back.
court news record Jurors cried and looked away as footage of Eadow raping Shotter in the mouth was played into the room.
Morgan summed it up this way: [his] When she was unconscious, he shoved his penis down her throat and pounded her, overstimulating the nerves at the back of her throat and causing cardiac arrest. ”
of daily telegraph report The case was the first in the history of British law where a person was killed by oral rape, and the judge said there was a “high risk” that such a rape lasted “for several minutes”.
