Fiona Beal murder victim’s mother had Christmas drink at couple’s home just feet away from where son was buried [Video]

11:54 EDT 26 Apr 2024, updated 12:16 EDT 26 Apr 2024

A heartbroken mother has told how she was invited over for Christmas drinks with her son’s calculating killer while he lay buried in the back garden just feet away. 

Primary school teacher Fiona Beal, 50, today pleaded guilty to luring 42-year-old builder Nick Billingham to their room for sex before tying him to the bed with cable ties, stabbing him in the neck and burying his body in their garden.

Mr Billingham was found by police shortly after officers discovered a notebook with a ‘chilling’ confession inside, written by Beal under her alter-ego ‘Tulip22’ following a suicide attempt in March 2022. 

After murdering him ‘in cold blood’ at their home in Northampton on November 1, 2021, the ‘highly capable’ teacher offered Mr Billingham’s mother Yvonne a drink and chatted with her, all while knowing he was dead and in a makeshift grave metres away.

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