A turkey butcher who reduce her girlfriend in half with a kitchen knife and buried her in a backyard has been discovered responsible of homicide.
Anna Podedworna, 40, killed Izabela Zablocka earlier than trussing her up “like a rooster” with electrical tape. She then buried her stays in bin baggage in a “filthy, makeshift grave”.
Derby Crown Court docket heard that Zablocka, a 30-year-old mom of 1, misplaced contact along with her household in August 2010 and was reported to the police as lacking.
Prosecutor Gordon Aspden KC stated that “mounting strain” brought on Podedworna to “crack” and e mail the police in 2025 when a Polish TV journalist flew to the UK to interview her.
In June, officers discovered Zablocka’s stays beneath concrete hardstanding within the backyard of a terraced home in Princes Road, Normanton, Derby, which she shared with Podedworna after they moved to the UK from Poland collectively.
The defendant might be sentenced on the similar court docket on Wednesday. Jurors unanimously convicted Podedworna of homicide, stopping a lawful burial and perverting the course of justice.
Mr Aspden beforehand informed the jury that Podedworna tried to cowl up the homicide with a sequence of “deliberate, calculated, grotesque and time-consuming acts” over a number of days.
The jury was informed that “appreciable pressure” would have been wanted to chop Zablocka’s physique in half, and that her legs had been sure collectively earlier than she was buried.
The prosecutor stated Podedworna was a talented butcher at a poultry manufacturing unit referred to as Cranberry Meals in Scropton, Derbyshire, on the time she killed Zablocka.
Jurors unanimously convicted Podedworna of homicide, stopping a lawful burial and perverting the course of justice (PA)
Mr Aspden had informed the court docket: “Her work had concerned skinning, deboning, and portioning out turkey carcasses utilizing a big knife.”
Employment information on the Cranberry Meals manufacturing unit present that Podedworna took two weeks off work after Zablocka made last contact along with her mom.
Giving proof with the assistance of a Polish interpreter, the defendant stated Zablocka was “offended” on the day of her loss of life, earlier than she grabbed Podedworna and started strangling her.
Podedworna informed jurors she was performing in self-defence when she hit Zablocka with a horse figurine, and had believed her companion was going to kill her.
As a substitute of calling for an ambulance when she couldn’t discover a pulse, the court docket heard that Podedworna determined to chop Zablocka in half with a knife and bury her within the backyard.
She had informed jurors: “I used to be simply terrified, I felt worry. I believed I’ll bury her. I took the choice I’d bury her within the backyard. I needed to choose her up complete. I simply didn’t have the energy to choose her up. I had an thought to chop her down. It appeared the one manner… to chop her into two.”
Samantha Shallow from the Crown Prosecution Service stated: “Izabela Zablocka got here to Derby in quest of a brand new life along with her companion, however as an alternative met her loss of life.
“Anna Podedworna not solely brutally murdered her companion, however she subjected Izabela’s family members to fifteen years of uncertainty and anguish, not understanding if she was alive or lifeless.
“Podedworna hid the reality for years, however justice has caught up along with her. Her callous actions took a mom and daughter away from her household and denied them the chance to grieve her passing and lay her to relaxation. I wish to supply them my honest sympathies.”