Natalie McNally’s brother says her killer should ‘never be released’
The brother of murdered Natalie McNally has said he believes that the man convicted of her murder should “never be released”.
Declan McNally was reacting after it emerged that Stephen McCullagh has launched an appeal against the 31-year minimum jail term he received for killing his pregnant partner in December 2022.
McNally said the news of the appeal against sentence had been “retraumatising” for his family.
McCullagh, 36, of Woodland Gardens, Lisburn, faked a YouTube gaming livestream in an effort to provide an alibi for the murder of McNally at her home in Lurgan.
A post-mortem examination found Ms McNally had suffered a “prolonged assault” that included multiple stab wounds, strangulation and blows to the head.
McCullagh was told by a judge at Belfast Crown Court in June that he will serve at least 31 years in prison for the...
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