Curtis Reid

They didn't overtly show any major emotions throughout.

They were very stoic, probably just taking it all in.

Probably, I don't want to assume, but they were obviously listening very, very intently.

This is a day that they have waited now for

three and a half years.

So for this to finally happen after he was handed the life sentence in March, I'm sure that they wanted to hear every single thing that the judge was saying and ultimately deciding in regards to the fate of McCulloch.

But in terms of their reaction, they just were very stoic.

They were very calm.

They took it all in after McCulloch was sentenced and he was led away and Justice Kinney asked him to be sent down.

As soon as the door closed and he was taken out of the courtroom, there was hugs and there was

a breadth of emotions particularly as well we saw the the full scale of those emotions outside the court shortly after the the case had ended in which they gave a press conference and her brothers they had tears in their eyes and her father you have a very brief short statement which was very impactful and very very emotional and you could see the toll that this has taken on all of them particularly on their faces well let's listen to that statement now

Yeah, there was a lot of detail in the sentencing remarks because as I'm sure everybody that has followed this case, this was not a simplistic murder.

This was a cold and calculated concerted effort by Stephen McCullough to take the life of Natalie McNally and her unborn child.

And the judge really had to go through all of those concerted efforts, efforts that were implemented by McCullough.

And that included the lengths that he went to to conceal the fact that the live stream on YouTube was faked, the evidence that he gave police, the no comment interviews, his complete lack of remorse when eventually he was charged.

And there was also as well a...

Particularly, and rightfully so, there was a large focus on the method in which Natalie died.

I think the fact that a pathologist couldn't actually determine what caused her death because of the extensive and brutal nature of her injuries, that was really pointed to by the judge, these graphic injuries.

There was particular reference as well, and I know that it's an extremely graphic detail, but

The dog bowl element, the fact that she was found near a dog bowl and whether or not she was actually in the dog bowl and how it was filled with her blood.