These are the horrifying pictures that reveal the garden grave and grim lair where a primary school teacher murdered her cheating boyfriend before hiding his body for four months. The partially mummified remains of Nick Billingham - a 42-year-old builder - were discovered in Northampton in March 2022. Fiona Beal, 50, is being sentenced today after pleading guilty to his muder in April.
Diary entries written by Beal revealed how she tricked her boyfriend into wearing a mask by promising sex before stabbing him and burying the body in the garden. Hours after murdering him, she then used his Amazon account to buy a sex toy, a herb grinder for cannabis and a large fleece blanket. The hearing will conclude on Thursday.
On the day of his death, Nicholas had worked on a house renovation before returning to the home he shared with Beal in Northampton. That evening, she killed him in a "carefully planned domestic execution", Mr Davies said. Beal stabbed him in the neck and disposed of the body in the side return of their home like "building waste", Mr Davies said.
She covered her tracks with a false story that they had Covid and needed to isolate. (Image: Northamptonshire Police) Link copied The partly mummified remains of 42-year-old Nicholas Billingham were found in Northampton in March 2022, more than four months after he was last seen alive. She buried Nicholas's body in their garden after stabbing him in the neck.
Beal pretended to be her boyfriend by sending messages to family f.