Turkey butcher guilty of killing and cutting up girlfriend 15 years ago

A turkey butcher who killed her girlfriend and cut her in half before burying her in a garden has been found guilty of murder.

Anna Podedworna, from Poland, killed Izabela Zablocka with a horse figurine before trussing her up “like a chicken” with electrical tape and burying her remains wrapped in bin bags in a “filthy, makeshift grave” in the garden of a terraced house in Normanton, Derby.

Ms Zablocka, a 30-year-old mother of one, lost contact with her family in August 2010 and was reported missing, Derby Crown Court heard.

About 15 years later, Podedworna, 40, “cracked” due to “mounting pressure” and emailed police last year after a Polish television journalist flew to the UK to interview her.

In June, officers located Ms Zablocka’s remains under concrete hardstanding in the garden of the house she shared with Podedworna after they moved to the UK from Poland together.

Podedworna will be sentenced at Derby Crown Court on Wednesday.

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