British woman, 34, is stabbed to death in Cambodia after ‘getting caught up in love triangle’

By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER

Published: 10:02 EDT, 31 August 2025 | Updated: 10:02 EDT, 31 August 2025

A British woman has reportedly been stabbed to death in a park in Cambodia’s capital, after allegedly being caught up in a love triangle with her killer. 

Jessica Cariad Hopkins, 34, is said to have died from multiple stab wounds in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon district just before midnight on Friday.

Local cops arrested Congolese woman Kidikila Nganda Glodie and said they believed that Jessica’s death was likely the result of a grisly love triangle.

She was found lying in a pool of her own blood in the park.  

Glodie was found in a salon 1.5miles away from the scene of the murder at 4.30pm local time on Saturday. 

Footage showed her being arrested by police at the salon. 

Details of the alleged love triangle are not yet known. 

Jessica was originally from Harpenden in Hertfordshire, but is believed to have been living in a rented property in the Chroy Changvar area of Phnom Penh at the time of her death. 

Jessica Cariad Hopkins, 34, (pictured) is said to have died from multiple stab wounds in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon district

Local cops arrested Congolese woman Kidikila Nganda Glodie (pictured, left) and said they believed that Jessica’s death was likely the result of a grisly love triangle

Local media reported that police chastised two witnesses to the incident after they livestreamed it to social media. 

The two eyewitnesses are said to have later cooperated and were allowed to leave after they were questioned. 

The Daily Mail has contacted the UK’s FCDO for comment.  

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British woman, 34, is stabbed to death in Cambodia after ‘getting caught up in love triangle’