Allison Morris

She then said she sought counselling after this.

And then we had the second part of her evidence.

There was a short break, a comfort break.

And then they came back for the second part.

And she said that in and around 2021, they had reconciled the relationship again.

And then in January 2022, she started suffering from cramps.

And she went to the doctor who confirmed that she was pregnant, sent her to the hospital.

But she miscarried the baby.

She had a stillborn baby.

And after that, she said she was feeling very fragile.

She was feeling very upset after the loss of her baby.

And in her words, she says, I wasn't coping very well.

I was very tearful day to day.

I didn't want to go to bed.

I was still in shock.

I was trying to understand what happened to me.

And Stephen tried to help as well.

Well, interestingly, she did know that he had been recording her counselling sessions earlier.

We jumped forward then until 2023 and remember at this stage police are now investigating the murder of Natalie McNally and they removed devices from Steve McCullough's house.

The woman had sought counselling and some of those counselling sessions took place in Steve McCullough's house in Lisburn where she was living at that time.