A woman has witnessed the wrath of a wicked and jealous boyfriend after she was dealt a deadly blow resulting in her death.
Tomasz and Marta
An outraged jealous lover murdered his lover in a fit of rage, then stuffed her body in a suitcase.
The revelation was made by the police during a court hearing today.
The murderer's name was given as Tomasz Kocik, 38, and the lover's name is Marta Ligman, 23. The incident happened at the lover's home in Harlesdeh, North West London.
Kocik met Marta online while he was living in London and she was still living with her family in Poland. As the relationship deteriorated she would often turn up to work with bruising and a black eye.
The post mortem on her body revealed a series of brutal injuries but concluded she may have only died from being left inside the case. Marta was found ten days later when the case floated to the surface of the waters.
Prosecutor Timothy Cray said Kocik has been obsessively jealous of her. Kocik, who came to the UK from Poland in 2007, would wait for her outside work every day and once demanded to see CCTV to prove she had been there.
Scene of recovered body
Cray said: “Tomasz Kocik murdered Marta Ligman. He attacked Marta, put her in a suitcase and when she was dead or dying, he put that suitcase in the Grand Union Canal. The post mortem examination revealed what we suggest is clear evidence that the woman in the suitcase had been murdered.
"There was extensive bruising all over her body and there were multiple fractures to her ribs. Those injuries are consistent with her being attacked and badly beaten. If the initial attack had not killed her outright, the fact that she was then zipped into a suitcase and left inside would have also have proved fatal because of the effects of being left in such a constricted space.”
When questioned by police after his arrest, Kocik said he had not killed his girlfriend and had no knowledge of how she had died. He denies murder. The trial of Tomasz Kocik continues.