Natalie McNally murderer Stephen McCullagh gets 31 years
Stephen McCullagh will do at least 31 years of jail time before he is even considered for release.
32-year-old Natalie McNally had been 15 weeks pregnant when she was subjected to a violent attack and murdered at her home in Lurgan in December 2022.
The judge, Mr Justice Kinney, told McCullagh that he committed a “brutal senseless murder and planned it in remorseless detail.”
“The killing was cold blooded and calculated.”
McCullagh tried to pin the murder on Lewis Jones, Natalie’s ex-partner, after having set up a false alibi. But the jury rejected that and found McCullagh guilty of the…
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