Primary school teacher killed her partner and buried him in the garden before launching sinister cover-up
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA primary school teacher stabbed her partner to death and buried his body in their garden after he declared his love for her, a court has heard.
Fiona Beal, 50, has admitted the murder of 42-year-old Nicholas Billingham, whose partly mummified remains were discovered four-and-a-half months after he was last seen on November 1 2021.
She pleaded guilty in April during a retrial at the Old Bailey, after her earlier trial at Northampton Crown Court collapsed on its 64th day.
On Wednesday (May 29) she appeared in court for the start of her two-day sentencing by Judge Mark Lucraft KC. READ MORE Moment 'large-scale' fight breaks out in Oldham before boy, 16, left seriously injured During the hearing, prosecutor Hugh Davies KC read out a letter Mr Billingham had written to Beal after he had an affair during their 17-year relationship.
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