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Jury Hears 'No Comment' Interview and Timeline File in Natalie McNally Murder Trial

Prosecutors argue his gaming broadcast was pre-recorded to stage a false alibi.

Overview

  • The court heard a transcript of Stephen McCullagh’s first police interview, in which he gave more than 80 'no comment' responses.
  • McCullagh told officers that an ex-boyfriend had been harassing Natalie McNally with late-night calls and abusive emails in the days before her death.
  • He denies murdering Ms McNally and said he last saw her early on December 18 before finding her body the following night and calling 999.
  • Jurors were shown a text document seized from his computer titled '000natalietimeline.rtf', created late on December 20, detailing his stated movements, a drinking livestream, and his account of discovering the scene and performing CPR.
  • The prosecution maintains the gaming stream McCullagh presented as live was instead pre-recorded, and the jury also viewed a police video mapping a foot route past seven CCTV locations to Ms McNally’s home.