THE heartbroken son of a gran strangled to death with a lawnmower cord in an allotment row has slammed her “wicked” killer.
Grieving Mark Adri-Soejoko described the “torturous” road to justice listening to harrowing evidence against Rahim Mohammadi.
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The Iranian immigrant, 42, was found guilty of murder after he attacked fellow allotment holder Lea, 80, and stuffed her body in a shed.
Speaking after his mum’s killer was caged for 19 years at the Old Bailey today, he said: “Some people make a play about the fact he is an immigrant or refugee, but it’s not to do with that.
“Where they come from has nothing to do with it. We are the children of immigrants. This is about the actions of one wicked individual.”
Allotment secretary Lea was found dead in a locked mower shed at Colindale allotments in North London after her family raised concerns that she had failed to turn up at a meeting.
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Kurdish Mohammadi, 42, from Hackney, was found guilty of her murder following a retrial at the Old Bailey.
He had been involved with the allotment since 2008 through Freedom from Torture, an organisation helping rehabilitate torture victims suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Cops said the asylum seeker was a “manipulative, evil, controlling individual” – and was known for his “volatile” temper.
He came to Britain in 2005, and was handed indefinite leave to remain in 2010.
Earlier, Tess and brother Mark spoke of the “torturous” road to “justice and truth”.
The pair told how their “happy” living a full “happy” life before twisted Mohammadi “stole her from us”.
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Sister Tess added: “Hatred is something you kind of rise to in a situation like this. I’m just glad that the truth has been revealed about him and who he truly is.
“I’m just glad he is not free and will not be able to do this to anybody else.”
In September 2016, he clashed with Mrs Adri-Soejoko at an allotment association meeting.
Mr Price said the defendant had ambitions to take over running the allotment, making Mrs Adri-Soejoko wary of him.
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During a heated discussion over evictions, she had told him to “shut up” and Mohammadi called her a “bloody old witch”, the court heard.
In February last year, Mohammadi beat up Mrs Adri-Soejoko on the allotment, causing bruises and fractures to the ribs.
The prosecution alleged he then throttled her with the mower flex to stop her from reporting the attack, which would have led to his eviction.
Mr Price said: “Mrs Adri-Soejoko was beaten up.
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“That in turn does point to a motive for her murder – to avoid detection for a shocking and very serious assault on a vulnerable old lady.”
The victim’s body was locked up in the mower shed, which only four key-holders had access to, including Mohammadi and Mrs Adri-Soejoko, whose set were in her pocket.
The prosecution said Mohammadi had planned to move her to avoid suspicion being cast at him, but police following the sound of her ringing phone found the body before he could act.
His DNA was found on the cord used to strangle her and he was caught on CCTV coming and going from the allotment, jurors were told.
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In police interviews, Mohammadi gave different and inconsistent accounts of his movements.
DNA belonging to a second suspect was retrieved from the victim’s right hand, but extensive inquiries found he had been nowhere near Colindale.
Giving evidence, he said he had gone to the allotments to buy opium for his bad back on the day of the killing.
He claimed he heard shouting but dismissed it as a drunken fight.
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Mrs Adri-Soejoko’s children and grandchildren attended court throughout the trial.
The defendant made no reaction as the jury delivered its guilty verdict, watched in silence by his victim’s family who held hands in court.
But as he was led from the dock, Mohammadi turned to the jury and said: “You will have that on your conscience sending an innocent man to prison.”