A man has been found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of killing his girlfriend in Greenwich .

Scott Clifford (also known as Scott Bridgeham), 33 and of Sewell Road in Thamesmead, was convicted on Thursday (August 8) of the murder of 18-year-old Natasha Hill.

Natasha had suffered 53 separate injuries at the hands of Clifford and he was also found guilty of two counts of actual bodily harm and one of common assault relating to incidents prior to Natasha's murder.

The court heard how on the April 15, 2018 at 4.22am London Ambulance Service were called to a seriously injured woman at an address on Sewell Road.


Paramedics found Natasha at the scene with Clifford saying she had fallen down the stairs after feeling ill, following a day of drinking.

Clifford claimed she had thrown up multiple times before going upstairs to bed after she allegedly fell.

Clifford said he had carried her back upstairs and put her to bed and at that stage she had no obvious injuries.

He then stated that when he woke up, he noticed Natasha was bleeding and had black eyes that he said were not there when he put her to bed.

He called police and relayed this information to the operator, adding that she was unresponsive.

Paramedics arrived shortly after the call and pronounced Natasha dead at 4.31am which was less than 10 minutes after Clifford made the call.

The postmortem was carried out the same day and gave cause of death as a major head injury.

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Service who investigated the case found a multitude of evidence at the scene which contradicted Clifford’s claims, and concluded the injuries to Natasha were most likely to have been inflicted on her by Clifford.

Detective Sergeant Andy Sheppard, from Specialist Crime, said: “Throughout our investigation and the subsequent trial, Clifford has spun a web of lies claiming that Natasha’s fatal injuries were a result of her own actions.

"The pain her family has endured has been exacerbated by his refusal to take responsibility for his actions that night.

“Today, a jury has concluded that he is guilty of taking a young woman’s life and a lengthy prison sentence awaits him.

“The court heard that Clifford was violent towards Natasha on several occasions, as well as acting in a controlling and coercive nature, during their time together.

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