A man who stabbed a police officer and attempted to set fire to a police station has been jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years after it was found the incident was connected to terrorism.
Director of Public Prosecutions, Stephen Parkinson, said: “It is widely acknowledged that racial disproportionality exists in our criminal justice system, but acknowledgment must not be taken as acceptance.
Updated with sentence 13 December 2024:
Mohamed Iidow has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 10 years and 8 months today at the Old Bailey after he was found guilty of raping and killing Natalie Shotter in Southall Park, London.