A man has been convicted of murder following the brutal death of his former girlfriend in South Ealing in May 2022. 

Anna Jedrkowiak was found dead with multiple stab wounds in Roberts Alley near Church Gardens at 12.10am on Tuesday 17th May 2022. 

Dennis Akpomedaye, 29, from Blewitt Street, Newport was arrested within 22 hours of her death and has now been convicted of murder at Kingston Crown Court and awaits sentencing at the same court on Wednesday 31st May. 

After his arrest, further investigation also brought to light the obsessive nature of Akpomedaye's actions and revealed a man who was in debt, without a job and unable to accept the end of a relationship. 

Detective Chief Inspector Brian Howie, the senior investigating officer, said: "Anna's life was taken by someone who is cowardly but extremely dangerous. 

"Anna was scared of him and attempted to end the relationship. When she did this, he said to her 'We will be together no matter what … I will find you'. 

"She had moved away to start what should have been an exciting new life in London but now will never be able to fulfil that promise, and her family will never see her again. 

"It was moving that so many of her family, university and work friends attended a vigil in her honour during the trial. 

"My thoughts and sympathies remain with the family and friends of Anna, both in the UK and in Poland, who will never get over the tragic circumstances surrounding her death. 

"Even in the context of a murder investigation, the ferocity with which she was attacked was extreme, and this individual belongs in prison where he cannot harm another woman." 

Police used CCTV after the death to find that Akpomedaye had travelled by coach to London Victoria on 15th May before immediately taking the tube to Ealing and he went to the restaurant Jedrkowiak worked at before finding out she was not working that day. 

His phone was found connected to telephone masts in the vicinity of Jedrkowiak's home that evening. 

On 16th May, Jedrkowiak went to work at 5pm and at 8pm Akpomedaye bought a knife for £4.99 from a shop in New Broadway and was seen on CCTV pacing around the area where she worked. 

She left work with a friend at around 11.40pm and they were followed by Akpomedaye wearing a balaclava, he then stabbed Jedrkowiak with the knife several times and ran away shortly after midnight. 

CCTV and telephone records placed Akpomedaye in the area where the stabbing happened and located the knife in Round Pond in Gunnersbury Park, in the pond police found phones belonging to both of them.