50-year-old primary school teacher Fiona Beal pleaded guilty for murder. Fiona Beal, profesora de primaria de 50 años, se declaró culpable de asesinato.

50-year-old primary school teacher, Fiona Beal, has pleaded guilty to murdering her partner, Nicholas Billingham, after his partly mummified remains were found buried in their garden. Fiona Beal, profesora de primaria de 50 años, se declaró culpable del asesinato de su compañero, Nicholas Billingham, después de que sus restos parcialmente momificados fueran encontrados enterrados en su jardín. Beal initially pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of manslaughter by reason of a loss of control, but changed her plea to murder mid-trial. Beal inicialmente se declaró culpable del delito menor de homicidio involuntario por pérdida de control, pero cambió su declaración a asesinato a mitad del juicio. The couple had been together for several years, and at the time of the murder, Beal had been writing about her "alter-ego" Tulip 22 in a diary. La pareja había estado junta durante varios años y, en el momento del asesinato, Beal había estado escribiendo sobre su "alter ego" Tulip 22 en un diario.