A builder sent a gushing love letter to his murderous partner before she knifed him to death and entombed his body in a makeshift grave in their garden, a court heard. Nicholas Billingham, 42, told teacher Fiona Beal she was the "most beautiful woman in the world " as he desperately fought to save their 17-year relationship. As he begged her to forgive him for having an affair, Mr Billingham wrote: "I can't see any future alone.
My body, my heart, my love has been yours since I met you and will be yours until the day I die." Less than two years after reconciling Beal, 50, lured him to bed with the promise of sex before cable-tying him and stabbing him in the neck with a kitchen knife she hid in her dressing gown pocket. Killer teacher who buried boyfriend's body in garden dances in front of kids Beal buried the body in the garden ( Image: PA) Fiona Beal taken in February 2022 ( Image: Northamptonshire Police / SWNS) She buried him in the side return of her garden in a grave consisting of concrete she had mixed and a “de facto coffin” made of breeze blocks and timber.
His mummified remains were found five months after the murder wrapped in sheeting and covered with compost and ten 22.5kg bags of Cotswold Stone that she bought from B&Q especially for the purpose. Beal is currently being sentenced at the Old Bailey during a two-day hearing after she admitted the November 2021 murder of Mr Billingham.
The court was told Beal had suffered from depression and enuresis - or “b.
