THIS dramatic footage shows the moment cops swooped on an “obsessed” man who allegedly shot dead his heavily pregnant ex-wife with a crossbow.
Ramanodge Unmathallegadoo, 51, is accused of shooting his ex-wife Sana Muhammad dead with the crossbow at her home in Ilford, East London, that she shared with her new husband Imtiaz Muhammad.
The mum-of-five, who was eight months pregnant, suffered an abdominal injury and was rushed to hospital where she died.
Doctors managed to save the life of her baby son in hospital.
Jurors at the Old Bailey were yesterday shown body cam footage of Scotland Yard officers arresting Unmathallegadoo.
The 51-year-old was led out the house and taken to a police van. At least two other cars could be seen in the background.
The couple’s son recalled the harrowing moment he wrestled his dad to the ground after finding his mum with a “really big arrow in her.”
The boy, who was 17 at the time of the attack on November 12 last year, told police afterwards he heard his mum being shot as he got ready for school and then tackled his dad because he feared “more people could have been hurt”.
In a taped interview played at the Old Bailey yesterday he said: “I jumped through and pushed him down the stairs so he is on the floor, then I tried to get the crossbow away from him.
“I did that and kicked it away.”
The teen said he struggled for the weapon with his dad, trying to aim it at the floor in case it accidentally went off.
He said: “I was trying to make sense of what was happening and I was also really scared because of the weapon.
“I was definitely panicked because my mum had already a really big arrow in her. I was really just panicking because I knew something bad was happening”.
The court heard how Mr Muhammad had got together with Sana, also known as Devi Unmathallegadoo, after her arranged marriage with Unmathallegadoo broke down.
Unmathallegadoo, known as Ram, became obsessed with getting revenge on the couple over the course of a year, spying and assembling a cache of weapons, the Old Bailey was told.
On the morning of the attack, he had allegedly taken up position in his wife’s garden shed, awaiting his moment to strike with two new crossbows, bolts, a hammer, a knife in a homemade sheath, cable ties and duct tape.
The defendant shot Mrs Muhammad as she attempted to run upstairs at the Ilford home, the court heard.
Mr Muhammad told jurors the bolt entered his wife’s body so he could only see the end of it.
He said: “He did not waste a second. He seemed like he had training.”
Mr Muhammad shouted for the police to be called and Unmathallegadoo came out with his hands up, jurors heard.
Unmathallegadoo has denied murder and the attempted destruction of the unborn child.
The trial continues.
