Northampton teacher admits killing partner buried in garden

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Fiona Beal denies murder but admits the manslaughter of Nicholas Billingham.

By Martin Heath and Greg McKenzieA primary school teacher has admitted killing her partner whose tied-up body was found buried in the garden.

Judge Mark Lucraft KC, told the jury Ms Beal pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of manslaughter - but denied murdering Mr Billingham between October 30 and November 10, 2021. He said Ms Beal had also sent messages to her sisters on 8 November which said the couple had split up. One said that Mr Billingham had an affair with another woman, which Mr Davies submitted was "completely false".Nicholas Billingham's body was found four months after he went missing

Mr Davies said the entries "certainly do contain some unambiguously clear declarations of what she had done".Nicholas Billingham's body was found at the couple's home in Moore Street, NorthamptonThe court heard one entry said: "Still my actions haunt me. I sometimes have to catch myself and remember what I did and then remember my cover story - neither seem convincing."

 

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