Video: Footage shows how Anna Jedrkowiak's killer stalked his victim in Ealing

Dennis Akpomedaye tracked his victim across the country and across London.
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A killer who stalked and attacked a woman in a brutal knife attack in South Ealing has been convicted of murder.

Anna Jedrkowiak died after being stabbed several times in Roberts Alley, off Church Gardens, at shortly after midnight on Tuesday, May 17 last year.

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On Thursday, Dennis Akpomedaye, 29, of Blewitt Street, Newport, was found guilty following a trial at Kingston Crown Court. He will be sentenced May 31.

Akpomedaye was previously in a relationship with his victim and became obsessed after they separated.

On the night of her death, the 21-year-old, known to friends and family as Ania, had finished work at an Ealing restaurant and was walking home with a friend when she was victim to the premeditated attack.

Akpomedaye stalked his victim

Detectives pieced together Akpomedaye’s movements using CCTV footage, starting with his arrival by coach at 6.34pm on May 15 at London Victoria, from his home in Newport. When he got to London, he travelled by Tube to Ealing, and from there set out to track down Anna by going to the restaurant she worked at. She was not at work that evening, and Akpomedaye could be seen pacing back and forth in front of the restaurant with his hood up and his face covered by a scarf.

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That same evening, telephone records showed Akpomedaye had connected to telephone masts near Anna’s address, supporting CCTV evidence that from her place of work, he went to her home in Stirling Place. CCTV showed Akpomedaye returned to her place of work and spent much of the following hours riding buses in the Ealing area.

The following day, Monday May 16, Anna arrived for her restaurant shift at just before 5pm, with Akpomedaye getting to Ealing Broadway station around an hour later.

At just before 8pm he bought a knife for £4.99 from a shop in New Broadway and was captured on CCTV, again pacing back and forth near to Anna’s place of work.

Anna Jedrkowiak was stabbed to death in May 2022.Anna Jedrkowiak was stabbed to death in May 2022.
Anna Jedrkowiak was stabbed to death in May 2022.

She left with her friend at 11.40pm and shortly afterwards they were followed by Akpomedaye, who was wearing a balaclava. He stabbed Anna and fled.

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CCTV and telephone records placed Akpomedaye near to the scene and the murder weapon was found in Round Pond in Gunnersbury Park on May 18. The knife had bloodstains which were later matched to Akpomedaye and Anna.

Also found in the pond were items including two mobile phones belonging to Anna and Akpomedaye, and a photo frame with a picture of them together.

'Pitbull dog attack'

Further CCTV captured the moment at 5.45am on May 17, when Akpomedaye approached an ambulance driver who had stopped at a petrol garage near Gunnersbury Park. He asked for help with a wound to his fingers, which he said had been caused by a pitbull dog.

Akpomedaye was referred that day to a hospital in London and CCTV showed him on a bus without the black rucksack that he had been carrying prior to the murder. It was later recovered by TfL’s lost property department and gave the forensic team the chance to match bloodstains to Akpomedaye. Inside the bag was the receipt for the murder weapon.Akpomedaye was arrested at 9.50pm at Victoria coach station on May 17 2022, and further forensic examinations discovered DNA matches to Anna on his right shoe.

Dennis Akpomedaye.Dennis Akpomedaye.
Dennis Akpomedaye.

The Met Police

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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.”

Are you or is someone you know concerned about stalking and harassment?

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Stalking is when someone repeatedly behaves in a way which makes an individual feel scared, distressed or threatened. The Met says it will investigate stalking in cases where victim survivors report behaviour that is fixated, obsessive, unwanted and repeated - known by the acronym FOUR. To get stalking advice and help, visit suzylamplugh.org or call 0808 802 0300. In an emergency always dial 999.