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Mother's Murder 'One of Worst Domestic Violence Cases'

Zak Hughes pleaded guilty to murder and child destruction after a 19-minute attack that left Sarah Montgomery dead and her unborn son fatally injured.

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One of the "worst cases of domestic violence in recent times" has been described after it emerged that a Belfast man murdered the heavily pregnant mother of two of his children in her Co Down home last year.

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Mother's murder 'one of worst domestic violence cases'

One of the "worst cases of domestic violence in recent times" has been described after it emerged that a Belfast man murdered the heavily pregnant mother of two of his children in her Co Down home last year.

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Murder of pregnant mother of two ‘one of worst cases of domestic violence’

Sarah Montgomery, 27, was murdered by her former partner Zak Hughes, 29, at her home in Donaghadee in June 2025.

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Evening Standard broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Friday, September 25, 2026.
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