Overview
- Prosecutors argue Stephen McCullagh staged a six-hour gaming broadcast as a cover for a planned, premeditated killing, a charge he denies.
- PSNI cyber experts told the court the video was recorded days earlier, and jurors heard McCullagh had previously stated in a prepared note that he recorded it on 14–15 December before airing it on the 18th.
- The stream, titled The Violent Night Christmas Live Gaming Stream, featured claims of technical issues preventing chat interaction and the line “I’m not leaving the house tonight,” the court was told.
- Jurors were shown scene items including a small black-handled knife and a metal dog bowl, while earlier evidence outlined CCTV, bus and taxi footage and device activity said to place McCullagh traveling to and from Lurgan.
- The state pathologist described a prolonged assault causing death by neck compression, stab wounds and blunt head trauma, adding the 15‑week foetus likely died as a result of the attack, and the prosecution says a tearful 999 call the next night was an act.