50-year-old primary school teacher, Fiona Beal, pleaded guilty to manslaughter after admitting to killing her boyfriend Nicholas Billingham, whose body was found four months after he was last seen.

A primary school teacher, Fiona Beal, 50, admitted to killing her boyfriend Nicholas Billingham, 42, in Northampton, and pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Beal buried Billingham's body, which was found four and a half months after he was last seen. Beal denies she murdered Billingham in 2021 but admits to the lesser offence of manslaughter. She faces trial with her defense based on a so-called partial defense to murder.

April 19, 2024
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