Overview
- The central fact in the case is that Stefania Glowka has admitted unlawfully killing her 86-year-old mother and has pleaded guilty to manslaughter while denying murder on grounds of diminished responsibility.
- Prosecutors presented the calm 999 call in which Glowka told operators she had killed her mother and highlighted a contemporaneous letter and police bodycam footage as evidence of planning.
- A post-mortem concluded the victim died from injuries consistent with neck compression, and prosecutors say forensics and Glowka’s statements show a deliberate act using a belt to strangle her mother.
- Court testimony set out the immediate sequence after the killing on Christmas Day 2025, saying Glowka then tried to take her own life, was treated by paramedics and was arrested in an ambulance.
- The jury must now weigh the defence claim that long-term sole caring and an ‘abnormality of mental function’ substantially impaired Glowka’s responsibility against the prosecution’s argument that the evidence demonstrates awareness and intent.