Fiona Beal had the ‘courage’ to plead guilty to murder – defence barrister
Primary school teacher Fiona Beal had the “courage” to plead guilty to the murder of her partner, her defence barrister has told a court.
Beal, 50, admitted the murder of 42-year-old Nicholas Billingham, whose partly mummified remains were discovered four and a half months after he was last seen on November 1 2021.
She pleaded guilty in April during a retrial at the , after her earlier trial at Crown Court collapsed on its 64th day.
