YouTuber Stephen McCullagh Jailed for 31 Years for the Murder of Natalie McNally
Police said he staged a six-hour gaming livestream as an alibi, and the judge found the murder was carefully planned and calculated.
- On June 3, a Belfast judge sentenced Stephen McCullagh, 36, to at least 31 years for murdering his pregnant partner Natalie McNally, 32, at her home in Lurgan on December 18, 2022.
- McCullagh staged a fake YouTube livestream, pre-recorded four days before the murder, to create an alibi. Justice Kinney said the stream was "carefully curated to appear as if it was streaming live."
- Justice Kinney described the attack as "brutal and frenzied," noting the victim was 15 weeks pregnant. McCullagh later attended Natalie's wake on Christmas Day, presenting himself as "devastated, distraught and shocked."
- Police released video footage of McCullagh's arrest and the 999 call made after the killing. During his initial arrest on December 19, 2022, he appeared dazed when told he was suspected of murder.
- A jury at Belfast Crown Court convicted McCullagh of murder on March 23 following a five-week trial. Justice Kinney ruled the sentence "cannot possibly reflect the value" of Natalie's life or her unborn child, Dean.
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YouTuber Stephen McCullagh Sentenced in Livestream Killing Case
Photo by Brian Lawless/PA Images via Getty Images YouTuber Stephen McCullagh has been sentenced to a minimum of 31 years for killing his 15-week-pregnant girlfriend, Natalie McNally, in 2022. This is among the longest jail terms ever given in Northern Ireland. Former YouTuber Stephen McCullagh will be in prison for only 31 years after murdering Natalie McNally In March, a Belfast Crown Court jury found the 36-year-old McCullagh guilty of murderi…
YouTuber Stephen McCullagh Sentenced After Staging Livestream as Alibi for Pregnant Girlfriend's Murder
YouTuber Stephen McCullagh has been sentenced to more than three decades in prison after murdering his pregnant girlfriend Natalie McNally in 2022, which he tried to cover up by staging a livestream.
He killed his 32-year-old girlfriend, 15 weeks pregnant, stabbing her and strangling her in her home, while on her YouTube channel a fake live video was broadcast to secure an alibi. For the brutal assassination, called "cold-blooded" and calculated, the 36-year-old Stephen McCullagh was sentenced by Belfast Crown Court to 31 years in prison on Wednesday. It is the judicial epilogue of the murder of Natalie McNally, which took place in December …
According to information released by People on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, Stephen McCullagh, a YouTube content designer, was convicted of the murder of his pregnant companion, Natalie McNally. The case had made a lot of talk, especially because of the chilling preparation of this tragedy.
Fake livestream alibi N.Ireland killer gets 31-year jail term
BELFAST — A Northern Ireland man was jailed for 31 years on Wednesday after investigators uncovered that a gaming livestream he relied on as an alibi had been pre-recorded before the killing of his pregnant partner.Stephen McCullagh, 36, told detectives he could not have carried out the murder of 32-year-old Natalie McNally because he was broadcasting live on his YouTube gaming channel at the time.But police forensic specialists established that…
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