A young mother was crushed against a lamppost by her older boyfriend who 'used his truck as a weapon' to murder her after she had a baby with another man, a court heard.Lily Whitehouse, 19, who was just 5ft 3ins and weighed less than seven and a half stone, suffered severe injuries when recovery driver Mohammed Azim, 41, deliberately drove at her in his Mercedes Sprinter truck following an argument, jurors were told.She had got out of the van and was running along the road as he pursued her in the vehicle before hitting her, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.He then picked up her body and put it in the cab and drove around the corner before calling emergency services.In a 999 call played to the jury he could be heard screaming and shouting but refused to start CPR telling call handlers 'she's dead bro', the court heard.Miss Whitehouse, who four weeks earlier had given birth to a daughter prematurely and who was still in hospital in the neo natal unit, died on the pavement in the market town of Oldbury, West Midlands on November 5 last year.Azim, who denies murder, then 'lied to police' telling them she had been struck by a vehicle in a hit and run. Lily Whitehouse's family described her as 'their beautiful girl, who could light up the world' after her death aged 19 in November last year. Miss Whitehouse's boyfriend Mohammed Azim, 41, is on trial accused of her murderRachel Brand KC, opening the prosecution on Tuesday, said: 'We believe that Lily was crushed against a lamppost - perhaps with the driver's door of the defendant's truck open at the time.'Azim had picked Miss Whitehouse up to take her home but drove past her flat, jurors were told. The couple were caught on CCTV arguing in the street before a loud bang could be heard.Ms Brand said: 'This was not a firework'.She said that it might be suggested during the trial that Miss Whitehouse accidentally fell to the ground and he accidentally ran her over.But she said the evidence did not support this as Miss Whitehouse's injuries were 'consistent with her being upright at the time'.'He chose to then pick up Lily Whitehouse and put her in his truck after she was injured...instead of calling emergency services to come where she had been injured. 'The defendant wanted to distance himself and distance her from the place it had happened.'Ms Brand said that 'within minutes he was lying about what had happened'.The court heard Azim and Miss Whitehouse had been in an on-off relationship since 2023. She fell pregnant by another man during a period when she and Azim were not together but their relationship had resumed. On the day she died, she had been to visit her daughter who was born in September 2025 at hospital in Dudley before catching a bus back to Oldbury, where she lived in a flat.Azim, who worked as a recovery driver, picked her up in his truck, to take her home but drove past the road where she lived.Ms Brand said: 'Why did he drive past the road if he was giving her a lift home?''We say the likelihood is that the two of them were having an argument. That is why he drove past where she lived.'The couple were then caught on CCTV in Old Park Lane where the vehicle remained stationary with the engine idling for 16 minutes before the truck comes into view and Ms Whitehouse is seen walking quickly along the road on the driver's side.'The defendant is driving the truck as if he was nudging or pushing her along the road,' Ms Brand told the court.'Lily started running, the vehicle is pursuing her at a low speed, but nevertheless, we say he was clearly using that large, heavy vehicle as a weapon.'As the truck goes out of view, a 'large bang' is heard on the CCTV, Ms Brand said, which the prosecution suggest was the truck striking a lamppost. Police released a CCTV image showing a white van driving along the road where Lily was hitAfter Miss Whitehouse was injured, Azim is alleged to have picked her up and put her in his truck while dialling 999 and claiming he had seen her being hit by a vehicle that did not stop at the scene.He was said to be 'agitated' when police and paramedics arrived.Ms Brand said: 'He told them they took too long to arrive, and that she was gone. 'When police spoke to him he gave detailed description about what happened, said he'd seen it happen and wished he had been able to chase the vehicle.'Paramedics and doctors did all they could to try and save Lily but it became clear they couldn't do so and she was pronounced dead on the pavement.'Police thought the defendant's account was odd. 'He admitted he knew Miss Whitehouse and it seemed to be a strange coincidence that he witnessed a hit and run with someone known to him and picked her up and put her in his truck.'He was arrested on suspicion of murder. In interview, he said nothing about how she came by her injuries.'He answered no comment to most questions about his relationship with Lily and how she came by her death,' Ms Brand said. 'It means police had to do their best to piece together what happened without any assistance from him.'She added: 'The defendant may try to suggest she fell to the ground and he accidentally ran her over.'We suggest that cannot be true considering the loud banging noise that is heard. That is the truck impacting with something hard, not the sound of a truck hitting a slightly built woman who was 5ft 3ins and less than seven stone.'We say it is highly significant that the defendant chose to pick up Lily Whitehouse and put her in his truck.'Instead of simply calling the emergency services to come to the place where she was injured, he wanted to distance himself and her from the place it happened.'Within minutes he was lying. To prove the charge of murder we have to satisfy you that when the defendant caused those fatal injuries, he either intended to kill her or at the very least, intended to cause her very serious injury.'We say you will be sure the defendant is guilty of murder. Any person who deliberately drives a large, heavy, truck at a person and either pins them up against a lamppost or runs them over, can only have intended to cause at least really serious harm.'She added: 'Actions speak louder than words, we say. Regretting it afterwards is not a defence.'In the 999 call played to the jury Azim is heard saying: 'She got hit by a car - he drive off [sic] later telling the call handler: 'I don't know she got run over by a car. She's probably dead.He said the patient was '19 or 20' and was in in his truck.The call handler repeatedly tells him to take her out of the truck, lay her on her back and start CPR but he continues to cry and shout out 'oh my God...she's gone man'.The 999 operator tells him: 'If you are not willing to do CPR you need to find someone else that will.'The woman continues: 'Why are you refusing to help this girl? I am trying to tell you what to do? We need to try to save her life?Azim replies: 'I can't do it.'Azim, who wore a navy suit with a pale blue shirt, was assisted in the dock by a Mirpuri interpreter but speaks 'reasonably good' English, the court heard. He was previously married but divorced at the time. The trial, expected to last two weeks, continues.