51-yr-Old lady St@bs Her Boyfriend To D+ath, leaves his body for 9 days for Calling Her Useless And Revealing He Had Met Someone Else

Joanna Cierpka, 51, is on trial for k+lling her Danish banker boyfriend, Henrik Slotsaa, 52, at their home in Elephant and Castle, London, in March 2026.

Police were called to the apartment on March 15 after Cierpka sent an email to family and friends saying she intended to take her own life. Officers forced their way inside and found Slotsaa’s partially decomposed body in the bedroom, with dried bl%od nearby.

Cierpka, originally from Gdynia, Poland, was found with an eight-inch kitchen kn+fe and a deep c¥t on her elbow. She reportedly told police that Slotsaa had called her a “useless sh-t” and told her to k+ll herself. She later told a hospital worker, “I k+lled my partner.”

Prosecutors said Slotsaa suffered 14 sharp-force injuries, including st@b and slash wo¥nds to his face, neck, arms and legs.

The court heard that Cierpka had been struggling after losing her marketing job at British American Tobacco. Friends said she had previously been the “life and soul of the party.”

Prosecutors also told the court that Slotsaa had been flirting with a female colleague, Aimee O’Shaughnessy, and had told Cierpka on her birthday that he had met someone else at work. Slotsaa and O’Shaughnessy had exchanged messages and met for lunch several times.

Cierpka denies m¥rder but has pleaded guilty to mansl@ughter, with the defence arguing that her mental state reduced her responsibility. Prosecutors reject this and are seeking a m¥rder conviction.