13-Year-Old Girl Charged with Murder and Arson in Wellingborough Tragedy

The girl is accused of killing mother-of-three Marta Bednarczyk and setting her home on fire, with preliminary findings indicating sharp force injury as the cause of death.

Emergency services responded to a house fire in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, early on March 10, discovering the body of 43-year-old Marta Bednarczyk, a mother of three.
A forensic post-mortem determined the preliminary cause of death as sharp force injury, with formal identification of the victim still pending.
The 13-year-old girl, whose identity is protected by law due to her age, has been charged with murder and arson with intent to endanger life.
The girl appeared in Northampton Magistrates' Court on March 12, where she was remanded to secure youth detention and is set to appear next in Crown Court on April 11.
Bednarczyk, described by her family as a loving mother and the matriarch of her family, moved to the UK from Poland in 2012 and worked to support her children and fiancé.