Northern Ireland YouTuber sentenced to life for murdering pregnant girlfriend with fake livestream alibi
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Summary
Stephen McCullagh, a Northern Ireland YouTuber, was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 31 years for murdering his pregnant girlfriend, Natalie McNally, in December 2022. He faked a YouTube livestream to create a false alibi while committing the murder. McNally was 32 years old and 15 weeks pregnant at the time of her death. The sentence is one of the longest ever imposed in Northern Ireland.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledStephen McCullagh received a minimum term of 31 years behind bars — one of the longest sentences ever imposed in Northern Ireland
McNally was 32 years old and 15 weeks pregnant when she was killed
Prosecutors said McCullagh orchestrated what appeared to be a legitimate YouTube livestream showing him playing
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