Woman killed by ex-lover after he 'found out she was having affair with policeman called in to protect her'

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 2:29 PM on 5th October 2010

A domestic violence victim was stabbed to death by her jealous ex-lover after he discovered her affair with a police officer tasked with protecting her, a court heard.

Kat Ryba was knifed in front of her three-year-old daughter Michelle who screamed at her father to not to 'hit mummy' after he flew into a rage over the relationship, a jury heard.

Ms Ryba, 26, struck up the illicit affair with PC Richard Allan who had been assigned to her case after she alleged she had been assaulted by partner Piotr Zasada, 33.

She took out an harassment order against the bus driver and moved into a flat with their daughter.

On the night she died last October, PC Allan visited Ms Ryba and the pair had sex. Ninety minutes after the policemen left the property Zasada, who had found out his former partner was seeing another man, forced his way into the flat, it is alleged.

In a jealous rage he knifed Ms Ryba six times to the body while their daughter screamed at him to stop, the jury at Winchester Crown Court was told.

After the attack Zasada is said to have thrown Ms Ryba's body from a window of the second-floor flat in Bournemouth, Dorset. She was rushed to hospital but died during the night.

Ms Ryba, a waitress, had been stabbed in the heart and lungs during the attack.

Zasada, a Polish national from Bournemouth, has pleaded not guilty to murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

Anthony Donne QC, prosecuting, said she came into contact with PC Allan last September after she alleged she had been assaulted by the defendant.

She took out a non-molestation order against her ex which prevented him from contacting her.

Mr Donne said Ms Ryba's continued contact with the policeman over the case led her to make 'suggestive approaches' towards him, including a kiss.

The officer initially rejected the advances but eventually succumbed and the pair began their affair.

Mr Donne said: 'There can be no excuses for the behaviour of PC Allan who had a duty to remain scrupulously detached.

'The police are there to provide vulnerable people with comfort and support. The line is extremely obvious and PC Allan overstepped that line.

'He (Zasada) was angry at her for leaving him and was jealous that she had started an association with another man. He stabbed and slashed her repeatedly with a knife.

'Michelle begged him not to hit mummy but he took no notice of her screams.'
Ms Ryba worked as a waitress at the Sorridi restaurant at the Compton Acres attraction in Poole.

PC Allan serves with Dorset police and the Independent Police Complaints Commission has launched an investigation into his contact with Ms Ryba before her death.

The trial continues.

From: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317854/Woman-killed-ex-lover-affair-policeman-called-protect-her.html