Natalie McNally accused left ‘hidden messages’ in staged livestream, court told
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The prosecution describe this as an elaborate hoax to establish an alibi for the time Ms McNally was murdered.” The lawyer said CCTV evidence showed a male, whose face was covered, getting a bus that evening from Dunmurry, two miles from McCullagh’s house, to Lurgan. She said: “The prosecution suggests sexualised contact with this individual and indeed others over a period of time is the catalyst for what occurred to Ms McNally.” She said that the prosecution believe McCullagh had unlocked Ms McNally’s phone nine times on the night before she was killed, having previously been given her passcode. She said: “The prosecution suggest that these communications on Ms McNally’s phone do provide a motive.” The barrister said that when police rearrested McCullagh on January 31 they established that the footage of him playing Grand Theft Auto on the night Ms McNally was killed had not been broadcast live. “It is what is referred to by gamers as an Easter Egg, a hidden message within a game.” The barrister then said McCullagh used Ms McNally’s first name during the pre-recorded stream.
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