Teacher in court over killing of her partner
Manchester Evening News|April 20, 2024
A PRIMARY school teacher accused of stabbing her partner to death "in cold blood" before burying his body in their garden has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Teacher in court over killing of her partner

Fiona Beal, 50, admits she killed her 42-year-old boyfriend Nicholas Billingham, whose partly mummified remains were discovered four-and-ahalf months after he was last seen.

A jury at the Old Bailey heard yesterday that Beal pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of manslaughter by reason of a loss of control - but she denies she murdered Mr Billingham between October 30 and November 10, 2021.

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