Bozena Knapinksi: Jury unanimously finds wife accused of poisoning husband not guilty

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Bozena Knapinksi: Jury unanimously finds wife accused of poisoning husband not guilty

A woman accused of trying to poison her controlling husband has been found not guilty on all six counts against her.

Bozena Knapinski, 63, went on trial in the Supreme Court of WA last week, charged with intentionally doing an act that would likely endanger the life, health or safety of Robert Knapinski.

The Polish migrants had been married for 39 years when he reported her to police in 2023 after years of frosty relations.

The 65-year-old was tested in hospital and found to have elevated levels of the trace mineral selenium, with 10 micromoles per litre in his blood compared to a normal range of 1.1-2.5.

He testified at his now ex-wife’s trial that he had long suffered symptoms of a mystery illness including abdominal pain and began detecting a chemical smell in his water from about 2020.

He said he became suspicious in 2022 when he felt better on a four-month trip to Poland but started to feel unwell again upon his return to Australia.

So he covertly filmed Mrs Knapinski when he left the room, capturing her squeezing the substance into his water bottles.

He stashed 13 of them and later testing revealed selenium levels up to 275 times higher than the upper limit of safe drinking water.

Camera IconRobert Knapinski accused his wife of attempting to ******* him by poisoning him with selenium. Credit: Daniel Wilkins/The West ***********

When Mrs Knapinski was questioned by detectives, she said she had been taking selenium as part of her own health and beauty regime.

He was a hypochondriac and must have been taking some too, seeing that she was healthy, she told them.

But her story changed when she was confronted with the footage.

“He’s putting a trap, isn’t he? Typical,” she said, seeing him setting up the recording.

She then said he didn’t take supplements long enough to give them a chance to work, so she did it behind his back to make him healthy.

“To stop being ********** and concentrate on life,” she said.

“It’s not only for your hair, it’s a supplement for longevity.”

The jury deliberated for less than four hours on Monday and her supporters wept with relief as the verdicts were read out.

Mrs Knapinski said “thank you” to the jury.

In a video of her police interview played in court, Mrs Knapinski rattled off a litany of complaints about her husband.

She said he was emotionally and verbally abusive, bringing her to the edge of a nervous breakdown and seriously considering divorce.

He was so controlling, he checked “every single” ingredient in food she brought into the house, she said.

Claiming hypersensitivity, he called her “Chemical Ali” for her use of cleaning products and forcing her to keep her perfumes in the garage, she said.

Mrs Knapinski said she did everything in their household after he ceased work within just a few years due to a back injury.

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