WARNING: Distressing content<\/p>\n
Molly Ticehurst asked her killer why he wanted to \u201ckill me\u201d and \u201cdo all the bad stuff to me\u201d weeks before he brutally murdered her, text messages have revealed.<\/p>\n
Billings pleaded guilty to murdering his former partner, Ms Ticehurst, inside her Forbes home in the NSW Central West on April 21, 2024.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old mother had made sexual assault and domestic violence allegations against him to police just two weeks earlier, including accusations that Billings told her he would come \u201ccut your head off\u201d and \u201cI will get to you quicker then (police) will\u201d. <\/p>\n
Billings denied the allegations but admitted he had killed their dachshund puppy the year prior after they broke up, court documents state. <\/p>\n
Ms Ticehurst had asked him in March 2024 \u201cWhy did you want to kill me? Why do you do all the bad stuff to me?\u201d in text messages.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe my thought process was if I couldn\u2019t have you then I didn\u2019t want anyone to,\u201d Billings replied.<\/p>\n
Ms Ticehurst feared for her safety when Billings was released on bail on April 5, and two weeks later he stabbed her to death.<\/p>\n
Her family came face-to-face with Billings during a sentence hearing in Orange Court on Thursday, with her father, Tony Ticehurst, speaking directly to the killer. <\/p>\n
\u201cI hope that every night Molly\u2019s screams keep you awake and the hairs on your arm stands up in terror,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMolly\u2019s life was not complete. She had such a big heart and had so much love to give.\u201d<\/p>\n
Billings\u2019 sentence hearing will continue on Friday. He is expected to be sentenced later this month.<\/p>\n
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