Woman accused of fatally stabbing City banker partner exchanged intimate messages with another man, court told

Cierpka has pleaded not guilty to murder, but she says she is guilty of manslaughter by reason of her diminished responsibility - (Getty)

A woman accused of fatally stabbing her City banker partner exchanged intimate messages with another man while on holiday in Greece the year before, a court has heard.

Joanna Cierpka, 51, allegedly murdered Henrik Slotsaa in March after he told her on her birthday that he had met someone else at London’s Citibank office in Canary Wharf, where he worked, the Old Bailey has heard.