According to a report by Daily Mail, a Muslim
who stabbed a pregnant Romanian prostitute to death after warning her
not to work near a mosque was jailed for at least 29 years today.
Farooq
Shah, 21, plunged a knife into Mariana Popa’s chest while riding his
bicycle along a stretch of road notorious for sex workers.
Miss
Popa, 24, had been in Britain for just three weeks and was trying to
earn the money to support her family when she was stabbed in Ilford,
Essex.
She staggered into Chicken & Pizza 4U in Ilford Lane and collapsed in a pool of blood as her killer rode away on his bike.
The mother-of-one was six weeks pregnant with her second child when she bled to death.
CCTV
footage showed Shah waiting on the forecourt of a BP garage close to
where prostitutes were working on Ilford Lane late on October 28.
Miss Popa could then be seen to walk towards him and speak to him before he stabbed her twice in the chest.
Prosecutors believe Shah was warning Miss Popa to leave the area - and she paid with her life when she refused.
Shah’s distinctive appearance exactly matched that of the killer - but he claimed he was the victim of mistaken identity.
He was found with another stolen mobile when he was arrested for the murder of Miss Popa.
Shah
claimed he was at home watching an episode of Family Guy at the time of
the killing after returning from a party in Plaistow drunk and high
from smoking cannabis.
He said a mystery man approached him on the street while on his way home and sold him the phone.
Judge Christopher Kinch QC jailed Shah for life and ordered he serve at least 29 years behind bars.
The
judge said: ‘It was an utterly terrible attack which inevitably led to
her death. It was carried out with callous indifference on a defenceless
woman. Mariana Popa did not stand a chance.’
During the trial Bobbie Cheema QC, prosecuting, asked Shah: ‘What was that conversation with Miss Popa about?
‘Did you ask her to go with you? Did you offer her money? Did she say no because you had a bike and didn’t even have a car?
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