JAILED FOR LIFE

She murdered the man she claimed to love before telling lie after lie - and must now serve minimum 15 years in jail

- By DAVID POWELL Daily Post Reporter [e-mail]

THE family of a "gentle giant" who was stabbed to death have spoken of their devastation after his killer was jailed for life.

Joanna Wronska, 51, stabbed her partner Marcin Koziol to death in a drunken "explosion" of anger on October 24, 2023.

Yesterday, she was jailed for life, and will have to serve a minimum term of 15 years and 137 days imprisonment for the brutal killing in their flat in Pentre Gwyn, Wrexham.

Mold Crown Court heard both had been drinking when she had fetched a kitchen knife and plunged it into Mr Koziol’s chest.

She then somewhat “came to her senses” by washing the weapon in a sink and ringing 999.

She then had the gall to blamed Mr Koziol for inflicting the fatal wound on himself.

But the jury last month rejected that account which a judge yesterday branded “distasteful” - and found her unanimously guilty of murdering the 40-year-old.

In a statement at the sentencing hearing, Mr Koziol’s sister, Anna Zawada, who lives in Poland, spoke about her brother.

She said he was 18 years younger than her and she treated him like a son. He had been a “cheerful, sensitive, empathetic and loving child”.

As he grew up, he would always remember birthdays and buy gifts.

After leaving school in Poland it hadn't been easy to find work so he moved to the UK in 2004.

He got a job and worked hard and diligently, sending back money to their mum in Poland.

He was over six foot tall and “my little brother was not so little anymore,” she said.

After his murder in October 2023, she realised there would be no more hugs. Anna said Christmas 2023 was the worst.

Her devoutly Roman Catholic family sat in silence at the table during what should have been festive celebrations.

Marcin’s funeral was in the UK but Anna had his name engraved on the gravestone of the middle brother in Poland, which she visits every week.