She told officers three days later they would find her body buried in the garden in Princes Street, the court heard.
But Podedworna claimed Zablocka died by “accident” during a violent confrontation, and claimed she ended up killing her partner in “self-defence”.
The jury was told “considerable force” would have been needed to cut Zablocka’s body in half, and that electrical tape had been used to bind her legs together before she was buried.
Aspden said it was not known why Zablocka was murdered, but there was “evidence of sexual jealousy” between her and Podedworna.
He described their relationship as “a stormy and turbulent one”.
The court heard men had found Podedworna sexually attractive, which “caused suspicion, jealousy, and conflict” in her relationship with Zablocka.
Kasia, the victim’s daughter who was still living in Poland when Zablocka went missing, told police she believed her mother wanted to undergo gender reassignment surgery but could not afford to, Aspden said.
Zablocka was reported missing by her family to UK police in November 2010 and then to police in Poland in January 2011, the court heard.
In 2024, Zablocka’s daughter, now an adult, contacted Polish organisation Missing for Years, who contacted Podedworna via Facebook.
Podedworna claimed that she did not know where Izabela was and that she did not know what had happened to her.
A year later in May 2025, Rafal Zalewski – a Polish TV journalist – requested an interview with Podedworna, which the court heard “proved to be a tipping point”.
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