{"id":23289,"date":"2026-02-10T12:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/butcher-found-guilty-of-killing-ex-girlfriend-and-cutting-her-in-half-before-burying-her-in-garden\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:51:15","slug":"butcher-found-guilty-of-killing-ex-girlfriend-and-cutting-her-in-half-before-burying-her-in-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/butcher-found-guilty-of-killing-ex-girlfriend-and-cutting-her-in-half-before-burying-her-in-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Butcher found guilty of killing ex-girlfriend and cutting her in half before burying her in garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A turkey butcher who cut her girlfriend in half with a kitchen knife and buried her in a garden has been found guilty of murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anna Podedworna, 40, killed Izabela Zablocka before trussing her up \u201clike a chicken\u201d with electrical tape. She then buried her remains in bin bags in a \u201cfilthy, makeshift grave\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Derby Crown Court heard that Zablocka, a 30-year-old mother of one, lost contact with her family in August 2010 and was reported to the police as missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Prosecutor Gordon Aspden KC said that \u201cmounting pressure\u201d caused Podedworna to \u201ccrack\u201d and email the police in 2025 when a Polish TV journalist flew to the UK to interview her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In June, officers found Zablocka\u2019s remains under concrete hardstanding in the garden of a terraced house in Princes Street, Normanton, Derby, which she shared with Podedworna after they moved to the UK from Poland together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The defendant will be sentenced at the same court on Wednesday. Jurors unanimously convicted Podedworna of murder, preventing a lawful burial and perverting the course of justice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mr Aspden previously told the jury that Podedworna tried to cover up the murder with a series of \u201cdeliberate, calculated, gruesome and time-consuming acts\u201d over several days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The jury was told that \u201cconsiderable force\u201d would have been needed to cut Zablocka\u2019s body in half, and that her legs had been bound together before she was buried.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The prosecutor said Podedworna was a skilled butcher at a poultry factory called Cranberry Foods in Scropton, Derbyshire, at the time she killed Zablocka.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Jurors unanimously convicted Podedworna of murder, preventing a lawful burial and perverting the course of justice (PA)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"591\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/rjKCYdzZeEtRYXzcUIaBlw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU5MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the_independent_577\/d66a47bde70a87ad141703134056bb91\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Jurors unanimously convicted Podedworna of murder, preventing a lawful burial and perverting the course of justice (PA)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mr Aspden had told the court: \u201cHer work had involved skinning, deboning, and portioning out turkey carcasses using a large knife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Employment records at the Cranberry Foods factory show that Podedworna took two weeks off work after Zablocka made final contact with her mother.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Giving evidence with the help of a Polish interpreter, the defendant said Zablocka was \u201cangry\u201d on the day of her death, before she grabbed Podedworna and began strangling her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Podedworna told jurors she was acting in self-defence when she hit Zablocka with a horse figurine, and had believed her partner was going to kill her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Instead of calling for an ambulance when she could not find a pulse, the court heard that Podedworna decided to cut Zablocka in half with a knife and bury her in the garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She had told jurors: \u201cI was just terrified, I felt fear. I thought I will bury her. I took the decision I would bury her in the garden. I wanted to pick her up whole. I just did not have the strength to pick her up. I had an idea to cut her down. It seemed the only way\u2026 to cut her into two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Samantha Shallow from the Crown Prosecution Service said: \u201cIzabela Zablocka came to Derby in search of a new life with her partner, but instead met her death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAnna Podedworna not only brutally murdered her partner, but she subjected Izabela\u2019s loved ones to 15 years of uncertainty and anguish, not knowing if she was alive or dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cPodedworna hid the truth for years, but justice has caught up with her. Her callous actions took a mother and daughter away from her family and denied them the opportunity to grieve her passing and lay her to rest. I would like to offer them my sincere sympathies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a ><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A turkey butcher who cut her girlfriend in half with a kitchen knife and buried her in a garden has been found guilty of murder. Anna Podedworna, 40, killed Izabela Zablocka before trussing her up \u201clike a chicken\u201d with electrical tape. She then buried her remains in bin bags in a \u201cfilthy, makeshift grave\u201d. 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