Sure-— there was more than a year before Kruschev organized the trial of Beria, and then executed him. Beria was a monster, a perverted monster (and Stalin thought he was a perfect cop to do his bidding, and controlled Beria through his perversions.
Giving the parents of his underage rape victims, flowers, to say “thanks, and I won’t be putting you under arrest in advance for your not saying a word about me”— that was an evil person
If you ever saw the movie “Stalin” with Robert Duvall, there was a scene where Beria was mocking one of his victims crying before he was shot.
The report was, when it was Beria’s turn, he was whining and crying in the very same manner as those he mocked.