Turkey butcher found guilty of murdering her mother-of-one girlfriend and burying her in 'filthy, makeshift grave'

"Anna Podedworna (40) killed Izabela Zablocka before trussing her up "like a chicken" with electrical tape and burying her remains in bin bags in a "filthy, makeshift grave". Derby Crown Court heard that Ms Zablocka, a 30-year-old mother of one, lost contact with her family in August 2010 and was reported to the police as missing. Prosecutor Gordon Aspden KC said that "mounting pressure" caused Podedworna to "crack", and email the police last year, when a Polish television journalist flew to the UK to interview her."

"Mr Aspden previously told the jury that Podedworna tried to cover up the murder with a series of "deliberate, calculated, gruesome and time-consuming acts" over several days. The jury was told "considerable force" would have been needed to cut Ms Zablocka's body in half, and that her legs had been bound together before she was buried."

"The prosecutor said Podedworna was a skilled butcher at a poultry factory called Cranberry Foods in Scropton, Derbyshire, at the time she killed Ms Zablocka. Mr Aspden had told the court: "Her work had involved skinning, deboning, and portioning out turkey carcasses using a large knife." Employment records at the Cranberry Foods factory show that Podedworna took two weeks off work after Ms Zablocka made her final contact with her mother."

Anna Podedworna killed her housemate Izabela Zablocka, bound and dismembered the body, and buried the remains in bin bags in a makeshift grave. Ms Zablocka, a 30-year-old mother, lost contact with her family in August 2010 and was reported missing. Police later discovered the remains under concrete hardstanding in the garden of the terraced house they shared. Evidence indicated deliberate and time-consuming efforts to conceal the crime, including binding and cutting the body. Podedworna worked as a skilled poultry butcher, and employment records show she took two weeks off after Zablocka's last contact. Jurors convicted Podedworna of murder and related offences; sentencing is pending.

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