Killer named for first time as mother talks of pain

The mother of former Edinburgh footballer Shaun Woodburn has told of her pain after his killer was named for the first time after turning 18.

Denise Syme said the identity release was still a price worth paying so people finally knew more about her son’s attacker. Mohammed Ibnomer spent his birthday in Her Majesty’s Young Offenders Institution Polmont yesterday after being jailed for six years in November last year.

“I personally find it really difficult to look at him knowing that he killed my lovely Shaun,” Mrs Syme said. “But I think the public need to know who he is and learn a bit more about the type of guy he is.”

Mrs Syme also spoke of her anger that Ibnomer – a keen boxer – had tainted a sport her son supported. “Kids need to know that boxing and punching is for the ring or for keeping fit,” she said.

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