'Again there was no meaningful interaction with myself and Beal. 'She appeared to be a shadow of the person I met that day. Beal was laying on the floor under a small blanket. He added: 'At approximately 5.15pm I travelled to the Royal Lancashire Infirmary to take over the supervision of Fiona Beal who had been detained under the mental health act earlier by police officers. PC Lawson later guarded Beal in hospital after being alerted by doctors to a blue book which contained graphic information regarding a death. Although depressed she made no threats to self-harm.' 'I did not feel that she was an immediate threat to herself or others. 'I asked Fiona directly if she had any suicidal thoughts to which she replied: "I have in the past, but not now." ![]() She admitted to me that she was feeling depressed. 'Fiona appeared to be relaxed and chatted freely with us. 'Fiona told me that she intended to travel home after the weekend, but she didn't want her family to be informed of her location but was happy for them to know that she was in the lake district. 'Fiona appeared in her night wear, she reappeared in her dressing gown. I entered the lodge as I was concerned for the welfare of Fiona. 'I knocked a few more times and again there wasn't a response. 'I approached the lodge via the decking area and knocked on the patio doors and there was no response. 'At approximately 10am PCSO Jackson informed me that she had made an enquiry with Lakes Lovers who had taken a holiday booking from Fiona.įorensic officers at the scene in Moore Street, Kingsley, Northampton, after the body was discovered last year 'I contacted Julia Beal (Beal's mother) by phone who gave me Fiona Beal's bank details and permission for a press release Fiona had last been seen in the Northamptonshire area on March 6. ![]() He said: 'I was assigned a missing person enquiry relating to Fiona. PC Benjamin Lawson, also gave evidence, and told how he originally attended the lodge several days before Beale's suicide attempt. On police bodycam footage which was shown to the jury Beal could be heard sobbing 'leave me alone' and 'I don't want to live.' When asked to describe Beal during the incident, PC Parkin added: 'Vacant, emotional and a closed book.' 'I thought at that time that it was basically an extension of the suicide note.' 'I could recall that when I went to the last page of the book it said vomiting and s***ing. 'On a quick look at the notebook it was clear that it was a document into her mental health at the time. The significance at the time to me was that the paper was the same as the suicide note. 'I found a blue leather-bound notebook with some sort of logo on the front of it. We sat her up and that's when she started to become emotional. 'She moaned and went to turn over in the bath. I pulled quite violently on her ear to try and get a pain response. 'She then roused and became somewhat conscious. I suggested that we tried to get her out of the bath to perform CPR. 'I immediately requested an ambulance to attend our location. 'What I would describe as sinister acoustic music was playing from a mobile phone that was next to her. It looked like bodily fluids in the bath leading me to believe the individual was deceased. PC Parkin said: 'I saw a female laying in the bath completely naked. Giving evidence, the officer described how 'sinister' music was playing from her mobile phone and that he originally believed she was dead. Officers said she appeared 'relaxed' and 'chatted freely' telling officers to inform her family she was safe and well.īut during the second visit after her family raised further concerns for her safety, PC Josh Parkin found Beal seriously injured lying naked in a bloody bath. Officers had attended the lodge Beal was renting in the Lake District just four days earlier after she was reported missing from her home over 200 miles away. On the second day of her trial today, jurors were told how Cumbria Police discovered Beal motionless in a bath after being called out to a welfare check. ![]() Mr Billingham's mummified remains were discovered at the property in Northampton four months later with an eye mask on that read: 'This is my morning after face'. The Year 6 teacher was arrested following the discovery of the journals and the body in March last year and she denies murder at Northampton Crown Court. The court heard Beal carried out the attack on Novembefore penning the 'confession' after fearing her partner of 17 years had been cheating on her again. She also made a reference to the 1991 film Thelma and Louise and wrote about struggling to move the body which was 'much more difficult than on TV'. A 'chilling' notebook found by police detailed how she was driven to killing an unnamed person and blamed her dark alter-ego Tulip22 - who was 'reckless, fearless and efficient.'
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