A teacher who stabbed her boyfriend to death and buried his body in the garden has admitted murdering him.
Fiona Beal, 50, pleaded guilty in court today to the murder of her 42-year-old boyfriend Nicholas Billingham.
Mr Billingham’s partly mummified remains were discovered four-and-a-half months after he was last seen alive.
She previously pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of manslaughter by reason of a loss of control, but denied murdering him between October 30 and November 10, 2021.
She has now pleaded guilty to the murder charge at the Old Bailey in London.
Jurors heard previously how the ‘highly capable and highly respected teacher’ used his phone to message Mr Billingham’s friends and relatives for months, pretending he was still alive.
She told his loved ones on November 1, 2021, and in the following days, that the couple had contracted Covid-19 and had to isolate, the court was told.
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