Twisted teacher used boyfriend’s Amazon to buy sex toy hours after murdering him as chilling diary details ‘execution’
A TWISTED teacher used her boyfriend's Amazon to buy a sex toy hours after she "executed" him and buried him in the back garden.
Fiona Beal, 50, lured Nicholas Billington to the bedroom for sex then used cable ties to restrain him before knifing him in the neck.
Once she had murdered him "in cold blood", the monster wrapped his body up and buried him in the garden of her Northampton home like "building waste".
She then pretended to be her boyfriend in messages sent from his phone in a move that was "as heartless as it was self-serving".
The Year 6 teacher also bought a large fleece blanket, a vibrator and a herb grinder for cannabis on Nicholas' Amazon account the night of the killing.
Beal, who is currently undergoing a two-day sentencing hearing after pleading guilty to murdering her partner of 17 years, left his body to mummify for more than four months.
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The Old Bailey was told during that time, Beal invited his mum Yvonne Valentine over for a Christmas drink as her son rotted in a makeshift grave nearby.
In a victim impact statement, the mum said: "I remember that the house looked different; the furniture moved, new furniture and ornaments in the front room, which made it look nice.
"But all of this was you covering up that you had killed my son! You moved the furniture to obscure views to the garden - why?? To stop anyone seeing where you had buried my son!
"You sat in your front room with me, having a casual chat with me, having a Christmas drink with me and the whole time, you knew that you had killed my son and buried him only feet from where I was sat."
As Beal's web of lies became more tangled, the court was told her mental health started to deteriorate.
In March 2022 - four months after the murder - police were called to a holiday cabin she had rented in Cumbria amid concerns for her welfare.
Officers discovered journals where Beal outlined her plans under her alter ego "Tulip 22", which showed a "wholly different side to her personality".
Beal told how she lured Nicholas to the bedroom after first sharing a bath together.
She said: "While he was in the bath I kept the knife in my dressing gown pocket and then hid it in the drawer next to the bed.
"I bought a chisel, bin bag and cable ties up too. I got him to wear an eye mask."
Beal wrote in one entry: "Still my actions haunt me. I sometimes have to catch myself and remember what I did and then remember my cover story - neither seem convincing."
In another, she said: "It was harder than I thought it would be. Hiding a body was bad. Moving a body is much more difficult than it looks on TV."
The court was told Beal also claimed she was "controlled and manipulated" by Nicholas as she explained "why she killed him as she did".
After finding the diary entries, police launched a probe and discovered Nicholas had not been seen or spoken to since November 1, 2021.
At the time, Beal had claimed she was isolating for Covid to buy herself at least ten days without anyone visiting.
During this time, Beal was captured on CCTV at a B&Q in Northampton buying the cable ties she used to restrain Nicholas.
She also used the break to buy "multiple items" to help her dispose of his body.
The court heard that after killing the builder, Beal wrapped his body up and dragged him down the stairs despite his 14st frame.
She then buried him in the garden in a "de facto coffin" made of breeze blocks, timber and sheets.
Beal also added a plant pot for "decorative effect", jurors heard.
Prosecutor Hugh Davies KC said: "This was a major job, requiring her to plan what was needed, order it, collect it, burn other incriminating material in an incinerator in the garden and carry on throughout as if nothing remarkable was occurring.
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"The body was partly decomposed, indeed mummified and on its back. The head was wrapped in black plastic, a knotted hose pipe, cable and plastic ties were in the same area."
The sentencing hearing continues and is expected to conclude on Thursday.
