Natalie McNally's ex-partner 'wiped phone due to enormous bag of weed in his house', trial hears

"A man has claimed he cleared his phone to 'factory settings' when he was told detectives were at his home in connection with the Natalie McNally murder investigation because he had 'an enormous bag of weed in his house'."

During the trial of Stephen McCullagh, accused of murdering Lurgan woman Natalie McNally in December 2022, a man testified that he reset his phone to factory settings when informed detectives were at his home investigating the case. He explained his action was motivated by possessing a large quantity of cannabis in his residence, not by any connection to the murder. The witness's testimony reveals his concern about drug possession discovery during the police investigation, providing context for his destruction of phone data during the active murder inquiry.

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