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Derby Murder Trial: Defendant Says Fear Kept Her Silent, Admits Paying to Concrete Over Buried Body

Jurors now weigh her self‑defence claim after police found remains in a Derby garden.

Overview

  • Anna Podedworna testified she wanted to go to police for years but said fear stopped her from admitting she killed and buried Izabela Zablocka.
  • She told the court she lied to people asking about Zablocka’s whereabouts because she believed no one would accept her self‑defence account.
  • Podedworna said she paid two acquaintances to pour concrete over the garden site where she had buried the body.
  • The jury previously saw a Polsat TV doorstep video in which she said she did not really believe Zablocka was alive and remarked that “God knows best what happened.”
  • Prosecutors say Zablocka vanished after 28 August 2010, her remains lay undiscovered for 15 years, and Podedworna’s 2025 admissions led police to the garden; she denies murder and related charges.