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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

Woman jailed for minimum 20 years for murdering her partner in Northampton

Nicholas Billingham
Nicholas Billingham’s remains were discovered in March 2022, four and a half months after he had last been seen. Photograph: Northamptonshire police/PA

A primary school teacher who murdered her boyfriend and buried his body in their back garden in a “carefully planned domestic execution” has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 20 years.

Fiona Beal, 50, stabbed and killed her partner, Nicholas Billingham, 42, at their home in Northampton in 2021. His remains were discovered in March 2022, four and a half months after he had last been seen.

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