Alison Morris

He has, and we will hear those interviews at a later date.

But Geoffrey Donaldson, when asked about Witness B's allegations, said he had no memory of that happening and that it was unbelievable, was the word he used.

He denied lifting her top up or touching her breasts.

He said that on one occasion when they were alone, she had sat on his knee, but nothing untoward had happened.

Alison Morris, you're very welcome to the Belltale.

Alison, this jury really didn't take long.

We're speaking here at 1800 on Monday.

They were sent out at 22 minutes past 11 and they were back in the courtroom with their verdict at 42 minutes past three.

Just a mere matter of hours.

What was the reaction in the courtroom?

Mr Justice Kinney sentenced McCulloch to life imprisonment, but he said a date will now be set for the setting of a minimum tariff, the minimum number of years that McCulloch will spend in prison.

Alison, to cut to the chase, I don't think we were surprised by this verdict.

Alison, you did describe the tension and, you know, that in the beginning of this trial, I know that many people were quite certain that there would be a guilty verdict, but the defence, and it was a defence which I have only ever seen on TV and not altogether convincingly on TV, that is to say, to try and pin it on someone else, to try and introduce the possibility that it wasn't Stephen McCullough, it was in fact one of the witnesses, and that appeared to be...

kind of a bizarre trial within a trial, which of course that person was not on trial and is not guilty.

And that is absolutely clear.

I suppose for many people, obviously, looking back at this now, slightly detached from it, once McCullough's YouTube Live alibi collapsed, maybe that was it for him.

Well, Stephen McCullough is back in MacGabrie prison tonight.

He's been found guilty of murdering Natalie McNally.

Justice, as far as is possible, I suppose, has been done.

It was circumstantial evidence for the most part, but the jury did not take long to return with their verdict, and they certainly had no doubt whatsoever.