An investigation team led by a detective involved in the botched Katie Simpson murder probe was told not to release Natalie McNally’s killer from custody until his false alibi was checked out. Former Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell initially had a lead role in the investigation into the brutal murder of the pregnant Co Armagh … Read more
An hour after his sister’s killer was found guilty of murder, Declan McNally emerged from Belfast Crown Court clutching a handwritten note. Trembling, he faced a row of television cameras and paid tribute to his “inspirational” sister, Natalie. Violence against women and girls is the “shame of our society”, he said, his voice breaking. The … Read more
Shortly before 3.45pm on Monday, the public gallery of a Belfast courtroom erupted. Family and friends of Natalie McNally (32) jumped to their feet and cheered the moment a jury foreman delivered its verdict; Stephen McCullagh, McNally’s partner and father of her unborn child, was guilty of her murder. Muffled sobs echoed round Court 13 … Read more
Their relationship lasted 133 days. It began on a dating app in the summer of 2022 and ended the week before that Christmas when Natalie McNally (32) was murdered in her Co Armagh home by Stephen McCullagh (36). She was 15 weeks pregnant with his child, a baby boy who was to be named Dean, … Read more
Evidence in the trial of a man accused of murdering his pregnant partner, Natalie McNally, “points towards some other killer,” Belfast Crown Court has heard. Delivering his closing statement to jurors on Thursday, defence barrister John Kearney said that when they “scratch the surface” of the case, “reasonable doubt resides” about Stephen McCullagh carrying out … Read more
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Ex-partner of Natalie McNally accuses Stephen McCullagh of murder in outburst in court The Journal ‘You killed her,’ says McNally’s ex-partner in court RTE.ie Ex-boyfriend of Natalie McNally says murder accused killed her BBC Natalie McNally murder trial: Ex-girlfriend of accused tells trial he punched her during suicide attempt The Irish Times Natalie McNally’s ex confronts murder accused Stephen … Read more
An ex-girlfriend of a man accused of murdering his pregnant partner has claimed he punched her during a suicide attempt to “knock sense” into her, Belfast Crown Court has heard. Jurors were told that Stephen McCullagh allegedly assaulted his former partner after she tried to jump out of a car he was driving, telling her … Read more
CCTV footage of a figure throwing items over a hedge beside the house of a man accused of murdering his pregnant partner has been shown in a Belfast court. On the fourth day of the trial of Stephen McCullagh, who denies murdering Natalie McNally in Co Armagh a week before Christmas in 2022, a jury … Read more
YouTube livestream was recorded four days previously and ‘peddled as alibi’, murder trial hears The Journal Livestream used ‘as alibi’ 4 days old, murder trial told RTE.ie Murder trial shown CCTV of figure throwing items over hedge at defendant’s home BBC YouTuber accused of murdering pregnant girlfriend ‘recorded livestream alibi four days earlier’ Sky News Man’s gaming ‘livestream’ at … Read more