Gamer's Fake Alibi Unraveled in Murder Case

0:00On March 23rd, a pregnant 32-year-old woman named Natalie McNally was brutally attacked and killed in her lyrgan home on December 18th, 2022, between 8.50pm and 9.30pm. Her partner, 36-year-old Steven McCullough from Lisburn, about 20 miles away, tried to prove he was home by running a 6-hour live stream of himself playing video games and drinking. He promoted it online as a surprise Christmas gaming stream, starting at 6pm, featuring Grand Theft Auto. McCullough poured Guinness in later Bayley's, chatting about being an angry gamer and drunk, while insisting he would not leave the house that night. During the trial at Belfast Crown Court, footage showed him acting rowdy and emotional, calling himself a sweetheart in real life, who deeply loves his, few, close ones. Officers argued it was meant to fool viewers into thinking he was live at the exact time of the murder. Police cyber experts examined his devices and found the stream was pre-recorded four days

1:00earlier on December 14th, saved as a video file. After his rearrest in January, McCullough admitted in a prepared statement that he had faked it and was actually drinking in a sleep that evening. This debunked alibi has become a key piece in the ongoing murder case, highlighting how digital tricks can backfire under scrutiny.