Murderer's Web of Lies Unraveled

On March 23rd, a jury in Belfast has convicted Stephen McCullough of murdering his pregnant

girlfriend, Natalie McNally.

The 36-year-old stabbed and beat the 32-year-old to death in her home in Lurgan on 18 December

2022.

McCullough, a YouTuber and part-time editor, faces life in prison after his lies fell apart

in a five-week trial.

To cover his tracks, McCullough pre-recorded a six-hour gaming stream of Grand Theft Auto

and played it live on his channel with 37,000 subscribers.

He claimed a glitch-stopped viewer chance while he traveled 17 miles away, disguised to

carry out the attack, then returned home.

Natalie worked in marketing for the public transport company TransLink and had managed

Type 1 diabetes since childhood.

She was kind, independent, and thrilled about her first child after just a few months

dating McCullough, whom she met on a dating app.

Families and family remembered her as generous and full of life.

Prosecutors called it a calculated plot, full of deception.

Police first bought his alibi, but later found proof on his computers that the stream was

fake.

He even attended her wake-acting heartbroken and secretly recorded her family's home with

his phone.

The conviction ends a case that shocked Northern Ireland, exposing McCullough's web of

control and lies from the start.

With the truth out, Natalie's loved ones can finally seek some closure as synancing

looms.