Stephen McCullagh

A 32-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of Natalie McNally in Lurgan, Co Armagh in December. Stephen McCullagh, from Woodland ...

“He was liaising with the family. And I believe that is a heinous way of interfering with grieving parents.” He was at their home. “He will be desperate at this point. “That phone was recording what was happening in the home, and the theory is that he wanted to see was there any suspicion about him? “However, since the investigation has begun, whilst in parallel with refusing to assist the investigation, knowing that he was a very significant witness to the crime scene, he has been in constant contact with the McNally family and inquiring into the progress of the police investigation.” The court heard that he and Ms McNally had been exchanging messages on the afternoon before she was killed in which he told her he was going to be live-streaming that evening. The court heard that police also believe they can trace McCullagh from the murder scene back to his home in Lisburn through a combination of CCTV evidence, including on board a bus, and from the account of a taxi driver who police believe drove him on the final part of his journey home after committing the murder. “At the conclusion of the interview process last night or early this morning, after consultation with his legal representative, Mr McCullagh has given us a written statement essentially and in that written statement he has acceded that that live stream was not live and was in fact recorded by him on the 13th into the 14th of December and that he had streamed it on the night of Sunday the 18th,” he told the court. The court was told that McCullagh was initially arrested in the wake of the murder but then ruled out a suspect on the basis of the alleged live stream alibi. He said McCullagh, who works in the local media industry, then went on to interact with the McNally family in the weeks that followed. Accused in a written statement told police that he prerecorded the 'livestream' on December 14 and on the night of the murder was at home drinking— Allison Morris (@AllisonMorris1)