Stephen McCullagh: Man who murdered Natalie McNally calls himself a monster
Prosecution lawyer Charles MacCreanor KC highlighted what he said were contradictory elements of McCullagh's contribution to a pre-sentence report – where in some elements he appears to be accepting responsibility and in others the opposite.This involved McCullagh stating that he had no memory of the night of the murder but he "acknowledged he might have left his house".In the report he said: "I don't remember feeling the need for her to die. I'm not the type of person to seek revenge."But he later suggested that when it took the jury such a short time to find him guilty he began to question if he was.The report stated that McCullagh said that if he was responsible he was "horrible, evil and vicious" and that he "referred to himself as a monster". McCullagh added: "I'm sorry for what I did to that family, to Natalie and to baby Dean, I'd take it back in a heartbeat if I could."
