Friends pay tribute to 'kind' woman stabbed to death at south London home

Victim: Joanna Trojniak died from a stab wound to the chest
Met Police
Jamie Bullen6 April 2016
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Friends of a “kind” woman found stabbed to death at her home in south London have posted emotional tributes on social media.

Joanna Trojniak was pronounced dead at her home in Meadvale Road, Addiscombe, after she was knifed in the chest on March 23.

Her partner Pawel Sroka, 33, was due to appear at the Old Bailey today charged with her murder.

Friends posted a series of tributes to the 29-year-old on her Facebook page.

Margaret Bojarska, who described her friend as a “kind creature”, wrote: “I still can't believe what happened. You will always be in my memory.”

Paulina Litwicka posted: “I can not believe it. Sleep in peace. You will always be in the memory of the people who you know.”

Neighbours reported seeing a pool of blood inside the house shared by the couple on the night her body was found.

Terry Wiltshire, 72, told the Croydon Guardian: “There was an ambulance in the middle of the road and police cars and they blocked off both ends of the street.

“There were at least half a dozen police cars.

“About half an hour later more police turned up with two sniffer dogs and searched around the houses.

“They searched all the gardens and the bins.

“The front door was left open and my wife saw a really big pool of blood on the floor.”

Sroka is due to appear at the Old Bailey next month.

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