# Natalie McNally murderer Stephen McCullagh gets 31 years Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-world-1335810/natalie-mcnally-murderer-stephen-mccullagh-gets-31-years Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-world-1335810/natalie-mcnally-murderer-stephen-mccullagh-gets-31-years.md Podcast: [Crime World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-world-1335810) Published: 2026-06-03T17:03:04+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/crime-world/episodes/stephen-mccullough Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6538ccdabc6f900012695107/e/6a203f9510704652889e112f/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crime-world-1335810/episodes/natalie-mcnally-murderer-stephen-mccullagh-gets-31-years Duration seconds: 1049 ## Resource Stephen McCullagh will do at least 31 years of jail time before he is even considered for release.  32-year-old Natalie McNally had been 15 weeks pregnant when she was subjected to a violent attack and murdered at her home in Lurgan in December 2022.    The judge, Mr Justice Kinney, told McCullagh that he committed a “brutal senseless murder and planned it in remorseless detail.”  “The killing was cold blooded and calculated.”    McCullagh tried to pin the murder on Lewis Jones, Natalie’s ex-partner, after having set up a false alibi. But the jury rejected that and found McCullagh guilty of the murder at Belfast Crown Court earlier this year.    Our Bel Tel colleagues Ciaran Dunbar and Kurtis Reid discuss what happened in court for the tariff hearing.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crime-world-1335810/episodes/natalie-mcnally-murderer-stephen-mccullagh-gets-31-years/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-world-1335810/natalie-mcnally-murderer-stephen-mccullagh-gets-31-years.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.