Eight week Old Bailey trial for teacher accused of burying her boyfriend in the back garden

A primary school teacher accused of murdering her boyfriend and burying him in the garden will face a retrial at the Old Bailey next February. Fiona Beal, 49, stabbed partner Nick Billingham, 42, to death at their home in Northampton on November 1 2021. Mr Billingham was found in the garden of their terraced property in Moore Street five months later in March 2022. Police specialist search teams including a cadaver dog were deployed and Mr Billingham’s body was found…