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Jury sent out in Natalie McNally murder trial

News imagePacemaker Natalie McNally standing on a beach with the sea visible behind her. She has long blonde hair and is wearing a dark green coat. She is smiling. Pacemaker
Natalie McNally was 15 weeks pregnant when she died at her home in Lurgan in December 2022
Cormac CampbellSouth east reporter, BBC News NI

After a trial lasting more than four weeks, the jury in the trial of Stephen McCullagh for the murder of his pregnant partner Natalie McNally has been sent out to come to a verdict.

Ms McNally was killed in her Lurgan home on December 18, 2022. She was 15 weeks pregnant.

Her partner, 36-year-old Stephen McCullagh of Woodland Gardens in Lisburn, denies the murder charge.

The trial judge, Mr Justice Kinney, gave his final instructions to the jury on Monday morning.

As has been the case throughout the trial the McNally family was in attendance in the public gallery of Court 13 of Belfast Crown Court.