McNally suffered 48 separate injuries including stab wounds to her neck, compression injuries and blunt force trauma to her head
McNally suffered 48 separate injuries including stab wounds to her neck, compression injuries and blunt force trauma to her headStephen McCullagh has been jailed for 31 years for the murder of his former partner Natalie McNally.
The 32-year-old victim was 15 weeks pregnant with McCullagh's child when heMcCullagh, 36, of Woodland Gardens, Lisburn, was found guilty of the murder of McNally by a jury at Belfast Crown Court earlier this year. The cowardly killer previously denied murder, claiming that he had been live-streaming himself playing computer games on his YouTube channel at the time.
Belfast Live reports police experts instead discovered the six-hour stream had been filmed four days before, and broadcast as live on December 18. A sentencing hearing in May was told that McCullagh made "self-contradictory" and "incredible" statements to his probation officer, first insisting he "was convinced that he was not guilty of the murder". The probation officer further noted McCullagh described the murder as "evil" and "vicious", and referred to himself as "a monster", the court heard.
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