Primary school teacher admits manslaughter of partner whose body was found tied-up and buried in garden

A primary school teacher has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after the body of her tied-up partner was found buried in their garden. The body of Nicholas Billingham, 42, was found at a home in Moore Street, Northampton in March 2022.His partly-mummified remains were found four and a half months after he was last seen.Speaking at the Old Bailey on Friday, his girlfriend Fiona Beal, 50, admitted the lesser charge of manslaughter.

Beal returned to work "fully discharging her considerable responsibilities as a teacher to Year 6 pupils" and even received a "sympathetic response" from those who had heard about her break-up.Mr Davies told jurors the messages from Mr Billingham's phone was Beal "pretending to be him" in a move that was "as heartless as it was self-serving".

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