Overview
- Billings appeared by videolink from Goulburn jail in Forbes Local Court before Magistrate Michael Maher.
- Defence lawyer Diane Elston entered the murder plea and Billings admitted several other offences, including breaching an apprehended violence order and animal cruelty.
- Molly Ticehurst, a 28-year-old childcare worker, was found dead in her Forbes home in April 2024.
- Billings had been released on bail by a Dubbo Local Court registrar two weeks before the killing over related allegations, a decision that later drove statewide reforms.
- The matter is listed for arraignment in the NSW Supreme Court next month ahead of sentencing, after months of delays that drew public support for Ticehurst’s family.