Dennis Akpomedaye, 30, was found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend in 2022. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 29 years at Kingston Crown Court today.

In early 2021, the victim, Anna (known to her family and friends as Ania) Jedrkowiak, met Dennis Akpomedaye and they began a relationship. After months, Anna tried to end the relationship. However, Akpomedaye did not take this well and told her that he would commit suicide. She was very concerned about his threats to take his life and she contacted Police who carried out welfare checks on him.

A man has been sentenced for murdering a young woman 30 years after being acquitted of the same offence.

A cold case review by the Metropolitan Police Service and the Crown Prosecution Service Appeals and Review Unit led to the case being referred back to the Court of Appeal with an application that Smith’s acquittal be quashed, after new significant and compelling evidence came to light.

David Alexander Frank Smith, 67 of Middlesex was sentenced to a minimum term of 27 years today (26 May 2023) of the murder of Sarah Crump in Southall in 1991.