A series of WhatsApp messages between Natalie McNally and her alleged killer have been outlined at his murder trial.
Stephen McCullagh, aged 36, is accused of the murder of his partner at her home in Lurgan in December 2022.
Ms McNally, 32, had been beaten, strangled and stabbed.
Mr McCullagh, from Woodland Gardens in Lisburn, denies the charge.
On day 15 of the trial the jury heard how the couple had met on the dating app Bumble in the summer of 2022.
Over the following 133 days there was constant two-way communication between them.
The messages run to an evidence bundle of 500 pages.
The first message was on 7 August that year.
Mr McCullagh began the…